Victimization in Domestic and Work Contexts: Victim and Third Party Perspectives

Victimization, both at home and at work, is a ubiquitous social issue that needs continued scholarly attention. While advances have been made in understanding the consequences of victimization, much work is needed to understand the phenomena from the victim and bystander’s perspectives. Through a collection of four papers, this symposium aims to broaden our understanding of victimization by 1) examining its occurrence both at work (i.e., sexual harassment) and at home (i.e., intimate partner aggression), 2) examining the role of bystanders in the victim’s experience of victimization, and 3) elaborating on the specific contextual and personal factors that facilitate, mitigate, and link victimization and work-related outcomes. The symposium also provides insights on current conceptual, methodological, and practical issues related to victimization research through an interdisciplinary review of the literature. Collectively, the four papers set the stage for further scholarship on victimization and the development of policies that help mitigate its negative effects at home and at work. Observing Customer Sexual Harassment, Empathy, and Bystander Helping: Ethical Ideology as Moderator Presenter: Yijue Liang; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: YoungAh Park; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Critical Conditions: Reactions to the Gender and Sexual Harassment of Female Surgeons Presenter: Jennifer Griffith; U. of New Hampshire Presenter: Kelsey Medeiros; U. of Texas At Arlington Intimate Partner Aggression and Work: An Interdisciplinary Review and Agenda for Future Research Presenter: Yaqing He; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Catherine Deen; Australian National U. Presenter: Heath Gregg; U. of Miami Presenter: Anne M. O'Leary-Kelly; U. of Arkansas Coping with Intimate Partner Aggression at Work: The Buffering Role of Career Adaptability Presenter: Catherine Deen; Australian National U. Presenter: Yueyang Chen; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Yaqing He; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Patrick Raymund Matutina Garcia; Macquarie U. Presenter: Peter Lemuel Teruel Cayayan; De La Salle U., Manila, Philippines