Predicting workplace aggression: a meta-analysis.

Full Abstract

The authors conducted a meta-analysis of 57 empirical studies (59 samples) concerning enacted workplace aggression to answer 3 research questions. First, what are the individual and situational predictors of interpersonal and organizational aggression? Second, within interpersonal aggression, are there different predictors of supervisor- and coworker-targeted aggression? Third, what are the relative contributions of individual (i.e., trait anger, negative affectivity, and biological sex) and situational (i.e., injustice, job dissatisfaction, interpersonal conflict, situational constraints, and poor leadership) factors in explaining interpersonal and organizational aggression? Results show that both individual and situational factors predict aggression and that the pattern of predictors is target specific. Implications for future research are discussed.2007 APA, all rights reserved

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Author information

Author/s: Hershcovis, M Sandy (MS); Turner, Nick (N); Barling, Julian (J); Arnold, Kara A (KA); Dupré, Kathryne E (KE); Inness, Michelle (M); LeBlanc, Manon Mireille (MM); Sivanathan, Niro (N);

Affiliation: Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. hershcov(-atsign-)cc.umanitoba.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The Journal of applied psychology (J Appl Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Jan; vol 92 (issue 1) : pp 228-38

Dates: Created 2007/01/17; Completed 2007/02/27;

PMID: 17227164, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Aggression - psychology
Anger
Humans

Humans
Prospective Studies
Workplace - psychology

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