| Document ID (ISN) | 111689 |
| CIS number |
11-0444 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0267-8373 - Work and Stress |
| Year |
2011 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Schat A.C.H., Frone M.R. |
| Title |
Exposure to psychological aggression at work and job performance: The mediating role of job attitudes and personal health |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan.-Mar. 2011, Vol.25, No.1, p.23-40. Illus. 51 ref. |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between psychological aggression at work and two forms of job performance (task performance and contextual performance) and potential mediators of these relations. A model was developed and tested in which overall job attitudes (job satisfaction and organizational commitment) and overall personal health (physical and psychological health) fully mediate the relations between exposure to psychological aggression at work and both task performance and contextual performance. Data were obtained from a random sample of 2376 United States workers by means of phone interviews by trained interviewers, and the model was tested using structural equation modeling. The results supported the hypothesized model, demonstrating that exposure to psychological aggression at work negatively predicted both task performance and contextual performance, and that these relations were explained by decrements in job attitudes and health associated with exposure to psychological aggression at work. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work efficiency; state of health; mental health; stress factors; violence |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
psychology and sociology; human behaviour; statistical evaluation; mathematical models |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mental health
Violence
Bullying and mobbing
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