A relational model of workplace victimization: social roles and patterns of victimization in dyadic relationships

Karl Aquino; Kai Lamertz

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1023

A relational model of workplace victimization: social roles and patterns of victimization in dyadic relationships

J Appl Psychol. 2004 Dec;89(6):1023-34. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1023.

Authors

Karl Aquino¹, Kai Lamertz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Business Administration, Lerner College of Business, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. aquinok@lerner.udel.edu

PMID: 15584839
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1023

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Crime Victims / psychology*
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Organizational Culture
Social Identification*
Workplace / psychology*