Coworker incivility and incivility targets' work effort and counterproductive work behaviors: The moderating role of supervisor social support

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-161

  Sakurai, Kenji ^a   Jex, Steve M ^b  

^a OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterproductive work behaviors; Emotions; Work effort; Workplace incivility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR; COWORKER; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIVILITY; JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPERVISOR SOCIAL SUPPOR; WORK EFFORT SCALE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE INCIVILITY SCALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORK; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864009955     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027350     Document Type: Article

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