Dupré Kathryne E, Inness Michelle, Connelly Catherine E, Barling Julian, Hoption Colette
Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada.
J Appl Psychol. 2006 Sep;91(5):987-97. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.5.987.
Among adult employees, interpersonal injustice and abusive supervision predict aggression toward supervisors at work. The aim of this study was to assess whether similar relationships exist among teenage employees and, further, whether teenagers' reasons for working moderate these relationships. Multiple regression analyses on data from 119 teenage employees showed that financial and personal fulfillment reasons for working moderate the impact of interpersonal injustice and abusive supervision on aggression directed at workplace supervisors. These findings contribute to the understanding of workplace aggression by demonstrating that (a) teenagers engage in this workplace behavior, (b) the predictors are similar to those of adult aggression, and (c) reasons for working play a moderating role among this particular cohort. The possible long-term consequences of teenagers' use of aggression at work are discussed.
在成年员工中，人际不公正和辱骂性监督会引发工作中对上级的攻击行为。本研究旨在评估青少年员工中是否存在类似关系，以及青少年的工作动机是否会调节这些关系。对119名青少年员工的数据进行的多元回归分析表明，工作的经济和个人成就感动机调节了人际不公正和辱骂性监督对针对工作场所上级的攻击行为的影响。这些发现有助于理解职场攻击行为，表明：（a）青少年会出现这种职场行为；（b）预测因素与成人攻击行为的相似；（c）工作动机在这一特定群体中起调节作用。文中还讨论了青少年在工作中使用攻击行为可能产生的长期后果。
