ABSTRACT
Workplace aggression is important to understand because of the detrimental consequences it can have at the individual, group, and organisational levels. A number of studies have examined the relationship between personality factors and traits and workplace aggression. Similar to the relationships between the personality factor model and workplace victimisation, demographic variables such as age, sex, and length of service have also been plagued by conflicting findings with workplace aggression across studies. Researchers have found that the nature of an employee’s role and/or work is associated with aggression in the workplace. Researchers have found that a number of leadership and management styles are associated with workplace aggression. Researchers have also found a number of health-related consequences for targets of workplace aggression. Finally, a few researchers have also investigated the role of the work climate, typically as psychological climate. Workplace aggression can have adverse work-related outcomes for targets due to a number of reasons.
