Effect of Workplace Incivility on End-of-Work Negative Affect: Examining Individual and Organizational Moderators in a Daily Diary Study

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• Personal Author:
  Che XX ; Meier LL ; Yan Y ; Zhou ZE
• Description:
  Objective: This study's objective was to examine the effect of daily workplace incivility on end-of-work negative affect and explore potential individual and organizational moderators on the effect. Methods: Data were collected from 76 full-time employees across 10 consecutive working days in China. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine the main effect of daily workplace incivility on end-of-work negative affect and moderating effects. Results: Results revealed that daily workplace incivility positively predicted end-of-work negative affect while controlling before-work negative affect. Further, the relationship was stronger for people of high negative affectivity, high hostile attribution bias, external locus of control, and people experiencing less chronic workload and more chronic organizational constraints, as compared to people of low negative affectivity, low hostile attribution bias, internal locus of control, and people experiencing more chronic workload and less chronic organizational constraints, respectively. Conclusion: The current study demonstrates that an individual who experiences more workplace incivility during a day's work is more likely to have stronger negative affect before leaving work on the same day. Further, this likelihood is higher for those of high negative affectivity, high hostile attribution bias and external locus of control, and those who have less workload and more organizational constraints at work. These findings suggest that workplace incivility as a daily negative event should be reduced at work by management, especially for people of certain personality traits and people working with less workload and more organizational constraints. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workplace Incivility Health Effects Humans Models Negative Affect Personality Psychological Effects Psychosocial Factors Stress Stressor Work Environment Workers Workplace Studies

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• Publisher:
  University of South Florida (USF)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064353
• Citation:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, Florida. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida (USF), 2014 Feb; :19
• Contact Point Address:
  Zhiqing Zhou, USF Sunshine ERC Occupational Health Psychology Program
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, Florida
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e38e61abf0804d5a5237821b6cd8b5f40d581a48b4ba9ed5d5b1e9c98959cc95df400811922cbbfd470bb0d46c29623da7269dd1e7d3024eade08344c90d5d64
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222837/cdc_222837_DS1.pdf
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