NCJ Number
221623
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 35 Issue: 6 Dated: December 2007 Pages: 657-666
Date Published
December 2007
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This study extended general strain theory (GST) to the adult population in the work environment to examine the relationship between various physical, social, and psychological stressors at work and how the victims of perceived work place violence reacted to those stressors.
Abstract
A summary of the findings suggest that those who experience less blatant types of maltreatment in the work place are more likely to experience internal and external emotive repercussions which as a consequence may lead to self-destructive or interpersonal violence at worst and emotional, psychological, and physiological stress at best. Although the study did not truly replicate general strain theory (GST) in adult populations, the analysis identified important by-products of strain that had not been tested. In addition, the analysis extended GST to adult populations where the effects of strain on the work force in the normal course of employment were tested. GST was developed, in 1992, to explain delinquency as a consequence of strain. In an attempt to extend GST to adults in an organizational setting, an analysis of secondary data was conducted to determine how employee mistreatment by coworkers affected performance and well-being. Tables, appendix A, notes and references