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Citation

Wong JHK, Kelloway EK, Godin J, McKee MC, McInnis A. Psychol. Violence 2019; 9(2): 177-185.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/vio0000185

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The current study investigated the buffering effect of positive social exchanges at work on the way workplace aggression and violence, both verbal and physical, affect individual well-being and commitment to the organization.

METHOD: We collected survey responses from staff working in long-term care facilities (N = 723) about their experiences with residents and their outlook on their health and commitment to their workplaces.

RESULTS: Using multilevel modeling, we found a significant interaction effect of positive social exchanges with residents on resident-instigated aggression and violence in explaining the levels of employee well-being and commitment. Simple slopes analyses suggested that in staff who experience more positive social exchanges the negative effects of aggression and violence on individual well-being and commitment were dampened compared with staff who experienced less positive social exchanges.

CONCLUSIONS: Because mistreatment behaviors operate in a wider context of concurrent social behaviors, examining experiences of aggression and violence without considering positive social exchanges can result in a truncated and misleading body of research findings. Furthermore, based on our findings, we recommend that employers should focus not only on eliminating aggressive and violent incidents at work but also on providing opportunities for care workers to develop high-quality relationships with their residents. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)


Language: en

Keywords

Aggressive Behavior; Caregivers; Interpersonal Relationships; Long Term Care; Test Construction; Violence; Well Being; Working Conditions

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