Lee Kong Chian School of Business.
Yonsei School of Business.
J Appl Psychol. 2022 May;107(5):854-865. doi: 10.1037/apl0000936. Epub 2021 Oct 4.
Although gender has been identified as an important antecedent in workplace mistreatment research, empirical research has shown mixed results. Drawing on role congruity theory, we propose an interactive effect of gender and bottom-line mentality on being the target of mistreatment. Across two field studies, our results showed that whereas women experienced more mistreatment when they had higher levels of bottom-line mentality, men experienced more mistreatment when they had lower levels of bottom-line mentality. In another field study, using round-robin survey data, we found that team gender composition influenced the degree to which the adoption of a bottom-line mentality by female team members was perceived to be a gender norm violation, which subsequently predicted their likelihood of being mistreated. Specifically, women who had higher (vs. lower) levels of bottom-line mentality were more likely to be perceived to violate gender norms in teams with a lower proportion of women, and in turn, perceived gender norm violation was positively associated with being mistreated. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of our findings and directions for future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
尽管性别已被确定为工作场所虐待研究中的一个重要前置因素，但实证研究结果却存在差异。本研究以角色一致性理论为基础，提出了性别和底线心态对成为虐待目标的交互影响。通过两项现场研究，我们的研究结果表明，当女性的底线心态较高时，她们会遭受更多的虐待；而当男性的底线心态较低时，他们会遭受更多的虐待。在另一项现场研究中，我们使用循环调查数据发现，团队的性别构成会影响女性团队成员采用底线心态被视为违反性别规范的程度，进而预测她们遭受虐待的可能性。具体而言，在女性比例较低的团队中，具有较高（而非较低）底线心态的女性更有可能被认为违反了性别规范，而违反性别规范又与遭受虐待呈正相关。我们讨论了研究结果的理论和实践意义，并为未来的研究指明了方向。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
