Vulnerability Factors in the Explanation of Workplace Aggression: The Construction of a Theoretical Framework

• NCJ Number: 236978
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice Volume: 11 Issue: 4 Dated: July-September 2011 Pages: 265-292
• Author(s): Fanny Klerx-Van Mierlo, M.Sc.; Stefan Bogaerts, Ph.D.
• Date Published: August 2011
• Length: 28 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined victims and workplace aggression.

Abstract

Although workplace aggression is a well-known problem, research on workplace aggression merely focuses on perpetrators' typologies, and workplace-related victim research remains under-represented. In this article, the authors theoretically explore possible associations between victims' coping strategies, type-D personality, negative childhood experiences, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder and work-related victimization. Through an intensive literature study and the incorporation of existing theories, under which is the precipitation theory, the authors develop a theoretical framework of vulnerability factors for experiencing workplace violence. Future directions of this theoretical framework and practical implications of the results after empirically exploring the theoretical pathways are suggested. (Published Abstract)