Interpersonal Targets and Types of Workplace Aggression as a Function of Perpetrator Sex

被引：11

作者：

Arnold K.A. ^{[1
]}

Dupré K.E. ^{[1
]}

Hershcovis M.S. ^{[2
]}

Turner N. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University, St John's, NF

[2] Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

来源：

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal | 2011年 / 23卷 / 3期

关键词：

danger ratio; power; sex differences; status; workplace aggression;

D O I：

10.1007/s10672-010-9155-x

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摘要：

We investigated the relationship between biological sex of the perpetrator and enactment of two forms of psychological workplace aggression (i. e., overt and covert) against two different interpersonal targets (i. e., supervisors and co-workers). Based on theories of power, we tested hypotheses using two samples (n1 = 155, 57% females; n2 = 152, 54% females). In comparison to women, results showed that men enacted greater levels of overt aggression against both supervisors and co-workers. Men and women reported enacting equal levels of covert aggression against both supervisors and co-workers. Taken together, these findings suggest that although biological sex of the perpetrator distinguishes levels of enacted overt aggression in the workplace, there are no differences between the sexes on levels of enacted covert aggression in the workplace. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

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页码：163 / 170

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