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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"workplace aggression"”.
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The effects of abusive supervision and social support on workplace aggression
… buffering effects of organizational support on workplace aggression. This paper examined how three potential causes of workplace aggression; abusive supervision, social retaliation victimization and work retaliation victimization can be ameliorated by organizational support. Regression analysis …
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An investigation into citizen aggression on municipality employee’s prosocial and proactive work behaviour: a case study of a KwaZulu-Natal Municipality
… employees can become targets of citizen aggression due to their proximity to the angry public and their association with public service challenges. Given this close relationship between local government employees and the community, it became necessary to examine the connections between …
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WHEN LEADERS OSTRACIZE: BOTTOM-LINE MENTALITY CLIMATE AND EMOTIONAL LABOR AS PREDICTORS OF WORKPLACE OSTRACISM
<p>Workplace ostracism is a passive, low intensity behavior associated with coworkers ignoring or excluding others. It is one of several constructs under a larger framework of workplace aggression that is harmful to the target of the ostracism and more broadly, hurts organizations. Ostracism is …
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Structural equation modeling: Predictors of verbal abuse of registered nurses
… verbal abuse as a nearly daily occurrence in the workplace. Sources of this abuse include patients and their families, visitors, physicians, managers and peers. A non-experimental, correlational study was undertaken to examine the contribution of latent constructs, individual characteristics and …
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Aggression And Its Consequences In Nursing: A More Complete Story By Adding Its Social Context
… the direct and indirect relationships between workplace aggression (including physical and psychological) against nurses and their health and safety consequences. Specifically, physical and psychological aggression nurses experienced were related to their job dissatisfaction, turnover …
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Why Do Employees Behave Badly? An Examination Of The Effects Of Mood, Personality, And Job Demands On Counterproductive Work Behavior
… the organizational literatures on the topic of workplace aggression and other acts of counterproductive work behavior (CWB), coupled with the interest in how affect and emotions influence organizational behavior, this study aimed to integrate these two themes to test how mood, personality, and …
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Lost and Forgotten while Remaining in Place: The Lived Experience of Other-Imposed Social Isolation in the Work-Place
This dissertation explores the lived experiences of workers who are involuntarily socially isolated in their work-places through the actions of one or more colleagues. This hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry is called by the question, "What is the lived experience of other-imposed social …
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Gender Differences in Perceived Costs and Benefits of Workplace Mistreatment
<p>Workplace mistreatment, in the form of both incivility and aggression, can have a major impact on personal and organizational outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the mental judgments that individuals make before engaging in either uncivil or aggressive behavior. Data was analyzed …