A relational model of workplace victimization: social roles and patterns of victimization in dyadic relationships.
This article proposes a model of the ways in which dyadic interactions between employees who occupy 1 of 4 archetypal social roles in organizations can lead to either episodic or institutionalized patterns of victimization. The model shows how the occurrence of victimization involving these 4 role types is influenced by organizational variables such as power differences, culture, and access to social capital. The model integrates behavioral and social structural antecedents of victimization to develop a relational perspective on the dynamics of harmful behavior in the workplace.
Aquino
Karl
K
Department of Business Administration, Lerner College of Business, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. aquinok@lerner.udel.edu
Lamertz
Kai
K
D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012933:Social Identification; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*