Is it better to be average? High and low performance as predictors: Of employee victimization

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-309

  Jensen, Jaclyn M ^a   Patel, Pankaj C ^b   Raver, Jana L ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Job performance; Rational choice theory; Victim precipitation model; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897600640     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034822     Document Type: Article

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