Fighting Incivility in the Workplace for Women and for All Workers: The Challenge of Primary Prevention

Annamaria Di Fabio; Mirko Duradoni

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01805

Fighting Incivility in the Workplace for Women and for All Workers: The Challenge of Primary Prevention

Front Psychol. 2019 Aug 8:10:1805. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01805. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Annamaria Di Fabio¹, Mirko Duradoni²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Letters and Psychology (Psychology Section), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Abstract

This article discusses the role of several constructs, such as workplace relational civility (WRC), positive relational management (PRM), and emotional intelligence (EI), as possible primary preventive resources to effectively deal with interpersonal mistreatment in the workplace (i.e., incivility). Since women endure workplace incivility more frequently than men, their well-being is particularly at risk. Thus, the possibilities for further research and primary prevention interventions in line with the achievement of the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5) are discussed.

Keywords: emotional intelligence; positive relational management; primary prevention; well-being; workplace incivility; workplace relational civility.