Graduation Year
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Granting Department
Psychology
Major Professor
Paul E. Spector, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Walter C. Borman, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Joseph Vandello, Ph.D.
Keywords
Workplace Incivility, Organizational Climate, Occupational Stress, Safety, Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors
Abstract
The goal of this study was to extend the concept of safety climate into the aggression research domain. In order to address this goal I developed and validated the perceived workplace civility climate scale (PWCC), which assesses the extent to which employees perceive the importance an organization places upon managing and preventing acts of incivility and verbally aggressive actions in the workplace. The factor analytic results produced three factors: (1) Intolerance, (2) Response, and (3) Policies and Procedures. All dimensions demonstrated adequate reliability and correlated significantly to hypothesized stressors and strains. Lastly, correlation results (i.e., convergence) between self- and peer reports provided support that PWCC is a form of climate within organizations. Regression analyses indicated that the PWCC dimensions of intolerance and response are important predictors of individual and organizational strains.
Scholar Commons Citation
Ottinot, Raymond Charles, "The Development and Validation of the Perceived Workplace Civility Climate Scale" (2008). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/439
