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Dr. Jones Presents Papers at the International Association of Conflict Management

5/11/2007

Dr. David Jones, Assistant Professor in the School of Business Administration, presents two papers in July at the International Association of Conflict Management in Budapest, Hungary. In one paper, Dr. Jones analyzed interview data from individuals who engaged in revenge at work and developed a theoretical framework for understanding triggers of revenge motives and behavior. In his second paper, he and co-author Sarah Carroll from Hofstra University examined cognitive processes involved in workplace revenge. In Study 1, they analyzed accounts from avengers who claimed to have had calculated thoughts before engaging in revenge (e.g., avengers first considered different options and planned specific acts of revenge). In Study 2, they developed a measure of calculated revenge cognitions for future research and found that scores on the measure are associated with attitudes towards revenge, personality traits (e.g., negative affectivity, lower agreeableness, and dishonesty), and prior revenge at work.