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Workplace aggression is a specific type of aggression which occurs in the workplace. [1] [2] Workplace aggression is any type of hostile behavior that occurs in the workplace. [3] [1] [4] It can range from verbal insults and threats to physical violence, and it can occur between coworkers, supervisors, and subordinates.
According to Hoel and Cooper, common abusive workplace behaviours are: [65] Ignoring opinions and views; Withholding information in order to affect the target's performance; Exposing the target to an unmanageable workload; Threatening employees’ personal self esteem and work status. Giving tasks with unreasonable or impossible targets or ...
Emotions in the workplace play a large role in how an entire organization communicates within itself and to the outside world. "Events at work have real emotional impact on participants. The consequences of emotional states in the workplace, both behaviors and attitudes, have substantial significance for individuals, groups, and society". [1] "
Boddy, C. R (2013) Corporate Psychopaths, Bullying and Unfair Supervision in the Workplace Aggression and Violent Behavior Volume 18, Issue 2, March–April, Pages 204–218; Boddy, C. R (2014) Corporate psychopaths, conflict, employee affective well-being and counterproductive work behaviour Journal of Business Ethics
Workplace harassment is belittling or threatening behavior directed at an individual worker or a group of workers. [1]Workplace harassment has gained interest among practitioners and researchers as it is becoming one of the most sensitive areas of effective workplace management.
Workplace deviance is also closely related to abusive supervision. Abusive supervision is defined as the "subordinates' perceptions of the extent to which their supervisors engage in the sustained display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors". [3]
Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) is employee's behavior that goes against the legitimate interests of an organization. [1] This behavior can harm the organization, other people within it, and other people and organizations outside it, including employers, other employees, suppliers, clients, patients and citizens.
Work behavior is the behavior one uses in employment and is normally more formal than other types of human behavior. This varies from profession to profession, as some are far more casual than others. For example, a computer programmer would usually have far more leeway in their work behavior than a lawyer.