Article Review: Workplace Mistreatment

Article Review: Workplace Mistreatment
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Article Review: Workplace Mistreatment
Hershcovis, M. S., Cortina, L. M., & Robinson, S. L. (2020). Social and situational dynamicssurrounding workplace mistreatment: Context matters. Journal of OrganizationalBehavior, 41(8), 699–705. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2479
The journal shed some light on the importance of understanding the concept of workplace mistreatment from a social and situational context. One of the important lessons to learn is that the manifestation of workplace mistreatment not only takes the abusive, harassing, and unjust nature but rather may manifest in several other ways (Hershcovis et al., 2020). It is also important to note that, although tremendous efforts have been put in place to deter workplace mistreatment, it remains significantly prevalent in today’s society. The other point worth noting is the interpretation of mistreatment that is argued to be based on different contexts. It can sometimes take the nature of the perpetrator-target relationship in that the ones responsible for the perpetrations should also take responsibility in the prevention of cases of mistreatment.
There are numerous proclamations from the articles that may appear shocking and makes one remain in disbelief regarding the overall concept of workplace mistreatment. First of all, my mind has for long been fixated on the idea that workplace mistreatment only arises where there are favorable contextual factors that will allow mistreatment to thrive. Careful investigation of the arguments presented in the article indicates that there are varying contextual factors, and to a surprise, there are also motivating factors that can amount to or evoke mistreatment in a workplace. It has been commonly held that forgiveness to one’s wrongdoing, in this case, mistreatment, is attached to the contexts or the positions of the perpetr...