ESSAY1
Introduction- Workplace aggression refers to the special kind of violence that range
from verbal acts of spreading rumor or insulting employees to physical attacks of slapping or
punching. Aggressive behavior at workplaces are typically manifested with the sole intention
of inflicting harm on an individual or group of individuals, and they hinder employee
productivity, besides demeaning the reputation of the company (Ferris et al., 2016). This
essay will elucidate the findings from three pieces of scholarly evidence that focus on
workplace aggression, incivility, and bullying.
Discussion- Andersson and Pearson (1999) conducted a descriptive study where they
described the concept of incivility at the workplace. This research was conducted in order to
explore the impacts of incivility on the increasing rates of intense violent and aggressive
behaviour at workplace. Moreover, the authors also wanted to explore the range of factors
that trigger the occurrence of incivility spiral at workplace. This purpose was justified since
workplace incivility encompasses low-intensity divergent behavior with the abstruse
determination to harm the target, and the presence of asymmetric global interaction worsens
the incivility spiral (Amarnani, Bordia & Restubog, 2019). The purpose of Escartin et al.
(2009) was to assess workers about the severity of bullying and psychological abuse related
behavior, and to evaluate whether the degree of participation in such deviant behavior affects
the severity assessment. Barling, Dupré and Kelloway (2009) aimed to examine the existing
myths about workplace aggression based on evidences. Both the researches were based on the
fact that workplace bullying is designated as counterproductive work behavior (CWB) and
cause extreme emotional and/or physical harm (Jawahar & Stone, 2017).
There was no definite hypotheses in two aforementioned articles. However,
Andersson and Pearson (1999) postulated that workplace incivility acts in the form of a
precursor to stronger, overtly destructive and belligerent deeds in the workplace. The
researchers conducted a narrative literature review and stated that incivility typically

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