The Trouble with Sanctions: Organizational Responses to Deviant Anger Displays at Work

dc.contributor.authorGeddes, Deanna
dc.contributor.authorStickney, Lisa T.
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T17:34:35Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T17:34:35Z
dc.description.abstractThis article examines management and coworker reactions to employee anger expressions that violate salient emotion display norms, for example, deviant anger, and explores whether these reactions can promote subsequent positive change at work. Full-time US employees volunteered information about workplace anger expressions they personally witnessed and felt ‘went too far’. Using open-ended survey questions, we identified three categories of deviant anger (physical acts, intense verbal displays, and inappropriate communication), as well as various formal and informal sanctioning and supportive responses initiated by organizational observers. Additional data collection and generalized linear modeling analysis revealed that when coworkers and management responded supportively to the angry employee (rather than with sanctions or doing nothing), favorable change occurred, improving the problematic situation. Implications for future research, management practices, and employee socialization are discussed.en_US
dc.format.extent30 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2Z60C296
dc.identifier.citationGeddes, D., & Stickney, L. T. (2010). The Trouble with Sanctions: Organizational Responses to Deviant Anger Displays at Work. Human Relations, 64(2), 201-230. doi:10.1177/0018726710375482en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/5433
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherHuman Relationsen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Baltimore
dc.subjectaggressionen_US
dc.subjectcompassionate culturesen_US
dc.subjectemotion in organizationsen_US
dc.subjectorganizational devianceen_US
dc.subjectsanctionsen_US
dc.subjectworkplace angeren_US
dc.titleThe Trouble with Sanctions: Organizational Responses to Deviant Anger Displays at Worken_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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