A methodological review of research on the antecedents and consequences of workplace harassment
A methodological review of research on the antecedents and consequences of workplace harassment
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DOI：
10.1111/joop.12059
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Tuckey, Michelle R.
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作者：
Neall, Annabelle M.;Tuckey, Michelle R.
职场骚扰是一个研究得很充分的话题，尤其是在这一现象的前因后果方面。对这一研究的一些批评已经提出，这些批评影响了我们对骚扰、其原因和影响的理解。因此，进行了这次方法审查，以确定目前方法上的差距，并提出新的战略，以提高对工作中骚扰的认识。在26年期间（1987-2012年包括在内）发表的224篇同行评议文章中，共有234个样本，这些样本集中于各种形式的工作场所骚扰（如欺凌、虐待监督、围捕和受害）的前因、后果或过程，系统地分析了方法内容。我们的分析侧重于识别结构、内部、外部和统计结论有效性的威胁，涵盖样本特征、研究设计、测量、数据收集方法和数据分析技术等问题。关于现有方法局限性的性质和程度的调查结果支持通过提高研究有效性来推进该领域理论发展的建议。这些措施包括采用纵向和实验设计，利用个人方法，结合证人和骚扰肇事者的观点，开发组合的团体/组织和个人层面的分析，并关注工作场所骚扰的动态过程。从业人员指出，现有研究的局限性限制了我们对工作场所骚扰的了解，以及如何预防骚扰及其负面后果。本文为评估不断增长的工作场所骚扰研究的质量提供了一个全面的资源，这些研究涵盖了诸如欺凌、滥用监督、侵略、不文明和其他形式的工作受害者等问题。
Workplace harassment is a well-researched topic, especially in regard to the antecedents and consequences of the phenomenon. A number of criticisms of this body of research have been raised that influence our understanding of harassment, its causes, and effects. Accordingly, this methodological review was conducted to identify current methodological gaps and propose new strategies for advancing knowledge on harassment at work. A total of 234 samples, from 224 peer-reviewed articles published over a 26-year period (1987-2012 inclusive), which focused on the antecedents, consequences, or process of diverse forms of workplace harassment (e.g., bullying, abusive supervision, mobbing, and victimization), were systematically analysed for methodological content. Our analysis focused on identifying threats to construct, internal, external, and statistical conclusion validity, covering issues such as sample characteristics, research design, measurement, methods of data collection, and techniques to analyse data. Findings on the nature and extent of existing methodological limitations underpin suggestions to advance theory development in this area by improving study validity. These include adopting longitudinal and experimental designs, utilizing within-person approaches, incorporating the perspectives of witnesses and perpetrators of harassment, developing combined group/organizational and individual levels of analysis, and focusing on the dynamic processes of workplace harassment.Practitioner pointsLimitations in existing research have constrained what we know about workplace harassment, and how to prevent harassment and its negative consequences.This paper provides a comprehensive resource for evaluating the quality of the ever-growing body of research on workplace harassment, which covers issues such as bullying, abusive supervision, aggression, incivility, and other forms of victimization at work.