Journal article
Development and validation of the workplace hazing scale
HUMAN RELATIONS, v 75(1), pp 139-176
Jan 2022
Abstract
What is workplace hazing and how does it affect newcomers? Although most people associate hazing behaviors with university life, sports teams, or military organizations, hazing has been reported in a wide variety of workplace settings as a means of socializing newcomers into their new work environments. However, hazing is seldom researched in the organizational context. Consequently, we contribute to research on workgroup socialization by examining workplace hazing as one particular form of socialization. We first draw on management research on socialization, anthropology research on hazing, and anecdotal evidence to define and conceptualize the construct of workplace hazing. Then, we use a multi-study scale development process to create and validate a five-dimensional workplace hazing scale (WHS). The resulting 15-item WHS captures a range of hazing behaviors across organizational settings, and includes the dimensions of segregation, verbal abuse, task-related hazing, physical abuse, and testing. Overall, our research suggests that the WHS is a valid, reliable scale that can be used to assess this complex phenomenon and that workplace hazing has detrimental effects on newcomers.
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- Title
- Development and validation of the workplace hazing scale
- Publication Details
- HUMAN RELATIONS, v 75(1), pp 139-176
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD; LONDON
- Number of pages
- 0
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000574751300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85091407218
- Other Identifier
- 991021860685104721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Management
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary