How employees respond to personal offense: The effects of blame attribution, victim status, and offender status on revenge and reconciliation in the workplace

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-59

  Aquino, Karl ^b   Tripp, Thomas M ^a   Bies, Robert J ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; VICTIM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85047685143     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.86.1.52     Document Type: Article

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