Research in Organizational Behavior ( IF 3.1 ) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 , DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2022.100166 Naomi M. Fa-Kaji , Benoît Monin
When tasked with responding to an employee’s offensive remarks, managers face the Confronter’s Quandary: They must decide on an appropriate course of action to balance addressing the employee’s problematic behavior and suspected attitudes (Correction goals) while preserving their working relationship and the offender’s sense of belonging to the organization (Connection goals). This paper proposes a conceptual framework to organize strategies that fall at different levels of this Correction/Connection trade-off: YOU-Strategies focus on the offender and prioritize correction; ME-Strategies focus on the confronter and leverage an existing connection; THEY-Strategies highlight third parties to deemphasize the confronter-offender relationship; and WE-Strategies highlight shared organizational values and norms to affirm group connection in the service of correction. We describe four classes of strategies within each type (sixteen total), we include examples of uses excerpted from a hypothetical online survey, and we illustrate how existing literature can be organized within our framework. At a theoretical level, this YOU-ME-THEY-WE framework should help organize past literature and suggest areas in need of further investigation. At a practical level, it should help would-be confronters gain insight into additional strategies available to them, and orient field researchers designing interventions and testing best practices for confrontation in organizations.
中文翻译:
面对者的窘境:为管理者制定应对工作中攻击性言论的策略
当负责回应员工的冒犯性言论时,管理者面临着 Confronter 的困境:他们必须决定采取适当的行动方案,以平衡解决员工的问题行为和可疑态度(纠正目标),同时维护他们的工作关系和冒犯者的归属感到组织(连接目标)。本文提出了一个概念框架来组织属于这种纠正/连接权衡的不同级别的策略:你的策略关注罪犯并优先考虑纠正;ME-Strategies 专注于面对者并利用现有的联系;THEY-Strategies 强调第三方以淡化对抗者与犯罪者的关系;和 WE-Strategies 强调共同的组织价值观和规范,以确认在矫正服务中的群体联系。我们描述了每种类型中的四类策略(总共 16 种),我们包括从假设的在线调查中摘录的使用示例,并且我们说明了如何在我们的框架内组织现有文献。在理论层面上,这个 YOU-ME-THEY-WE 框架应该有助于组织过去的文献并提出需要进一步研究的领域。在实践层面上,它应该帮助潜在的对抗者深入了解他们可用的其他策略,并指导现场研究人员设计干预措施和测试组织中对抗的最佳实践。我们包括从假设的在线调查中摘录的使用示例,并说明如何在我们的框架内组织现有文献。在理论层面上,这个 YOU-ME-THEY-WE 框架应该有助于组织过去的文献并提出需要进一步研究的领域。在实践层面上,它应该帮助潜在的对抗者深入了解他们可用的其他策略,并指导现场研究人员设计干预措施和测试组织中对抗的最佳实践。我们包括从假设的在线调查中摘录的使用示例,并且我们说明了如何在我们的框架内组织现有文献。在理论层面上,这个 YOU-ME-THEY-WE 框架应该有助于组织过去的文献并提出需要进一步研究的领域。在实践层面上,它应该帮助潜在的对抗者深入了解他们可用的其他策略,并指导现场研究人员设计干预措施和测试组织中对抗的最佳实践。