Two studies of different methodologies investigated ethnic and gender similarity's effect on responses to offense episodes. Despite the different methodologies, common findings were obtained. Cumulatively, our findings show that: (1) victims of offensive workplace interactions do not always...

This study examined the effects of workplace offenders' characteristics and offense-type on victims' reactions. Responses from 352 employed graduate students in the U.S. and South Korea to a hypothetical offense incident revealed that employees from the U.S. and Korea differ in their expressed...