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Considerations Related to Intentionality and Omissive Acts in the Study of Workplace Aggression and Mistreatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2018

John Fiset  and
Melanie A. Robinson
John Fiset*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Melanie A. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Management, HEC Montréal
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to John Fiset, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X5, Canada. E-mail: jfiset@mun.ca
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We applaud the efforts of Cortina, Rabelo, and Holland (2018) in their development of perpetrator predation as a sensitizing concept (see also Cortina, 2017) for future work in workplace aggression and mistreatment (hereafter workplace mistreatment). The importance of being mindful of the manner in which we frame our arguments is both highly relevant and well-articulated by the authors. We further believe that the transfer of focus from that of blaming victims to placing the onus for workplace mistreatment on the actor him/herself is an important idea as our field continues to develop into the 21st century.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 112 - 116
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2018 

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