Factors contributing to the perpetration of workplace incivility: the importance of organizational aspects and experiencing incivility from others
Torkelson, Eva LU ; Holm, Kristoffer LU ; Bäckström, Martin LU and Schad, Elinor LU
(2016)
In Work & Stress
30(2).
p.115-131
- Abstract
- In recent years a growing amount of research has been conducted
in the area of workplace incivility. Whereas many studies have
focused on the victims and the consequences of incivility, little
attention has been paid to the perpetrators and antecedents of
workplace incivility. This study aims to identify possible
antecedents of workplace incivility, by investigating organizational
aspects as well as the possibility that being the target of incivility
from co-workers and supervisors could induce incivility. A total of
512 employees (378 women and 133 men) in the school sector in
a Swedish municipality completed an online questionnaire.
Overall, the results of structural equation modelling... (More) - In recent years a growing amount of research has been conducted
in the area of workplace incivility. Whereas many studies have
focused on the victims and the consequences of incivility, little
attention has been paid to the perpetrators and antecedents of
workplace incivility. This study aims to identify possible
antecedents of workplace incivility, by investigating organizational
aspects as well as the possibility that being the target of incivility
from co-workers and supervisors could induce incivility. A total of
512 employees (378 women and 133 men) in the school sector in
a Swedish municipality completed an online questionnaire.
Overall, the results of structural equation modelling analyses
showed that organizational variables were related to the
perpetration of incivility. A direct relationship was found between
being uncivil and organizational change, job insecurity, low social
support from co-workers and high job demands. However, the
strongest relationship was found between experienced incivility
from co-workers and instigated incivility. This could be reflecting a
climate or culture of incivility in the organization, and carry
implications for future practice in interventions against workplace
incivility. The results indicate the importance of focusing on the
perspective of the instigator to gain knowledge about the process
of workplace incivility. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- In recent years a growing amount of research has been conducted in the area of workplace incivility. Whereas many studies have focused on the victims and the consequences of incivility, little attention has been paid to the perpetrators and antecedents of workplace incivility. This study aims to identify possible antecedents of workplace incivility, by investigating organizational aspects as well as the possibility that being the target of incivility from co-workers and supervisors could induce incivility. A total of 512 employees (378 women and 133 men) in the school sector in a Swedish municipality completed an online questionnaire. Overall, the results of structural equation modelling analyses showed that organizational variables were... (More)
- In recent years a growing amount of research has been conducted in the area of workplace incivility. Whereas many studies have focused on the victims and the consequences of incivility, little attention has been paid to the perpetrators and antecedents of workplace incivility. This study aims to identify possible antecedents of workplace incivility, by investigating organizational aspects as well as the possibility that being the target of incivility from co-workers and supervisors could induce incivility. A total of 512 employees (378 women and 133 men) in the school sector in a Swedish municipality completed an online questionnaire. Overall, the results of structural equation modelling analyses showed that organizational variables were related to the perpetration of incivility. A direct relationship was found between being uncivil and organizational change, job insecurity, low social support from co-workers and high job demands. However, the strongest relationship was found between experienced incivility from co-workers and instigated incivility. This could be reflecting a climate or culture of incivility in the organization, and carry implications for future practice in interventions against workplace incivility. The results indicate the importance of focusing on the perspective of the instigator to gain knowledge about the process of workplace incivility. (Less)
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- author
- Torkelson, Eva
LU
; Holm, Kristoffer
LU
; Bäckström, Martin
LU
and Schad, Elinor
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-04-21
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Workplace incivility; antecedents; perpetrator; instigator; co-worker; organizational change; job insecurity, Workplace incivility, antecedents, perpetrator, instigator, co-worker, organizational change, job insecurity
- in
- Work & Stress
- volume
- 30
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:84964523976
- wos:000375478000001
- pmid:27226677
- ISSN
- 0267-8373
- DOI
- 10.1080/02678373.2016.1175524
- project
- Incivility as a social process in the organization
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The project was financed by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare [FORTE dnr 2012-0138].
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