2190: Third-Party Perceptions of Victims in the Workplace: New Complexities and Opportunities (12791)

Organizer(s)

• SD

  Samantha Dodson

  Haskayne School of Business, U. of Calgary, United States
• RG

  Rachael Goodwin

  Syracuse U. Whitman School of Management, United States

Presenter(s)

• SJ

  Sarah Jensen

  U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business
• HC

  Ho Kwan Cheung

  U. of Calgary, Canada

Discussant(s)

• LB

  Lynn Bowes-Sperry

  California State U., East Bay, United States

Third parties, or people who learn about or observe others’ mistreatment at work without being directly involved (Skarlicki & Kulik, 2005; Treviño, 1992), play a crucial role in victims’ future workplace outcomes following the initial mistreatment (Dodson et al., 2023). However, the intricacies of the relationship between victims and third parties are under-addressed in the current literature, and we believe scholars have merely scratched the surface of understanding how third-party responses affect victims of workplace misconduct or mistreatment. In this symposium, we present four papers that share novel findings related to how third parties respond in the aftermath of workplace mistreatment and highlight opportunities to continue to expand our understanding of complex interpersonal processes that occur in organizations between third parties, victims, perpetrators, and other organizational stakeholders following mistreatment.

Presentations:

• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2190: Third Parties’ Moral and Social Responses to Workplace Sexual Harassment Victims (12791)
  

  Author: Rachael Goodwin – Syracuse U. Whitman School of Management

  Author: Samantha Dodson – Haskayne School of Business, U. of Calgary

  Author: Jesse Graham – U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

  Author: Morteza Dehghani – U. of Southern California

  Author: Kristina Diekmann – U. of Utah
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2190: The Dark Side of Forgiveness: Unintended Consequences of Third-Party Forgiveness on Victims (12791)
  

  Author: Sarah Jensen – U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

  Author: Xiaoyu Yin – OB

  Author: Kylie Rochford – U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

  Author: Kristina Diekmann – U. of Utah
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2190: Taking on EDI: The Ethics of Managers as Modern-day Robin Hoods (12791)
  

  Author: Samantha Dodson – Haskayne School of Business, U. of Calgary

  Author: Daniel Skarlicki – U. of British Columbia
• 13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  2190: Moral Disengagement as an Explanation for Failure to Hold Hararassers Accountable (12791)
  

  Author: Ho Kwan Cheung – U. of Calgary

  Author: Caren Goldberg – U. de Sevilla

  Author: Lynn Bowes-Sperry – California State U., East Bay