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The National Institute For The Prevention Of Workplace Violence
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Articles
Anger/Aggression/Hostility Management
""Perceived Victimization Moderates Self Reports of Workplace Aggression and Conflict"" This article appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, 2001, Vol., 86. No. 6, 1262-1269 and was written by Victor Jockin, Richard D. Arvey and Matt McGue. A sample of 489 employed men between 32 and 36 years old responded to questions concerning rates of having engaged in workplace aggression and conflict. These individuals also completed a personality inventory and questionnaires related to past antisocial behavior and alcohol abuse. Consistent with prior research, workplace aggression and conflict were significantly correlated with particular personality vairables (stress reaction, aggression and control) as well as with general past antisocial behavior and alcohol abuse. Futhermore, these relationships were moderated by the perception of being victimized by others (alienation), with such perceptions strengthening associations between workplace aggression and other risk factors. These interaction effects, which cannot plausibly be attributed to the use of self-report criterion, could have important implications for understanding and predicting aggression and conflict behavior within organizations.
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