Citation

Douglas SC, Martinko MJ. J. Appl. Psychol. 2001; 86(4): 547-559.

Affiliation

Department of Management, Florida State University, USA. scott.douglas@business.umt.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11519640

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between individual differences and the incidence of workplace aggression in a sample of employees from a transportation company and a public school system. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that measures of trait anger, attribution style, negative affectivity, attitudes toward revenge, self-control, and previous exposure to aggressive cultures accounted for 62% of the variance in the participants' self-reported incidence of workplace aggression. Further research on workplace aggression is advocated, focusing on the role of individual differences and their interactions with organizational and group-level variables.

Language: en