TY - JOUR
T1 - Experienced incivility in the workplace: A meta-analytical review of its construct validity and nomological network
AU - Yao, Jingxian
AU - Lim, Sandy
AU - Guo, Cathy
AU - Ou, Yi
AU - Ng, Wei Xuan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education research grants R317-000-118-646, R-317-000-128-115, and R-317-000-147-115. The authors declare that the funder is not involved in the whole process of the study. The authors thank Richard Arvey and Pauline Schilpzand for their feedback on earlier versions of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. American Psychological Association
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Although workplace incivility has received increasing attention in organizational research over the past two decades, there have been recurring questions about its construct validity, especially vis-à-vis other forms of workplace mistreatment. Also, the antecedents of experienced incivility remain understudied, leaving an incomplete understanding of its nomological network. In this meta-analysis using Schmidt and Hunter’s [Methods of meta-analysis: Correcting error and bias in research findings (3rd ed.), Sage] random-effect meta-analytic methods, we validate the construct of incivility by testing its reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, as well as its incremental predictive validity over other forms of mistreatment. We also extend its nomological network by drawing on the perpetrator predation framework to systematically study the antecedents of experienced incivility. Based on 105 independent samples and 51,008 participants, we find extensive support for incivility’s construct validity. Besides, we demonstrate that demographic characteristics (gender, race, rank, and tenure), personality traits (agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, negative affectivity, and self-esteem), and contextual factors (perceived uncivil climate and socially supportive climate) are important antecedents of experienced incivility, with contextual factors displaying a stronger association with incivility. In a supplementary primary study with 457 participants, we find further support for the construct validity of incivility. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of this study.
AB - Although workplace incivility has received increasing attention in organizational research over the past two decades, there have been recurring questions about its construct validity, especially vis-à-vis other forms of workplace mistreatment. Also, the antecedents of experienced incivility remain understudied, leaving an incomplete understanding of its nomological network. In this meta-analysis using Schmidt and Hunter’s [Methods of meta-analysis: Correcting error and bias in research findings (3rd ed.), Sage] random-effect meta-analytic methods, we validate the construct of incivility by testing its reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, as well as its incremental predictive validity over other forms of mistreatment. We also extend its nomological network by drawing on the perpetrator predation framework to systematically study the antecedents of experienced incivility. Based on 105 independent samples and 51,008 participants, we find extensive support for incivility’s construct validity. Besides, we demonstrate that demographic characteristics (gender, race, rank, and tenure), personality traits (agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, negative affectivity, and self-esteem), and contextual factors (perceived uncivil climate and socially supportive climate) are important antecedents of experienced incivility, with contextual factors displaying a stronger association with incivility. In a supplementary primary study with 457 participants, we find further support for the construct validity of incivility. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of this study.
KW - meta-analysis
KW - perpetrator predation framework
KW - workplace incivility
KW - workplace mistreatment
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U2 - 10.1037/apl0000870
DO - 10.1037/apl0000870
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 107
SP - 193
EP - 220
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 2
ER -