Interpersonal Targets and Types of Workplace Aggression as a Function of Perpetrator Sex |
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Authors: | Kara A Arnold Kathryne E Dupré M Sandy Hershcovis Nick Turner |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University, St John’s, NF, Canada;(2) Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
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Abstract: | 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 (n
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= 155, 57% females; n
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= 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. |
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