Self-Esteem, Collective Self-Esteem and Anxiety in Relation to Indirect Aggression among Male and Female Employees

The present study was conducted to explore the self esteem, collective self esteem and anxiety in relation to indirect aggression among male and female employees in a private organization. The sample for the study included 120 participants with equal number of male (N=60) and female (N=60) employees from a private sector organization following a co-relational research design. Employees were administered Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Collective Self-Esteem Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and The Work Harassment Scale. The most important findings of the study revealed that the indirect aggression was significantly predicted by personal self-esteem in male employees and by personal self-esteem and trait anxiety in female employees. High personal self-esteem reduces the expression and experience of indirect aggression. Female employees perceive situations as threatening differently from male employees and this heightened state of arousal (Trait anxiety) directs indirect aggression. There was significant correlation (negative) among personal self-esteem and importance to identity collective selfesteem with indirect aggression in male employees and among female employee's personal self-esteem and membership collective self-esteem was significantly correlated (negative) with indirect aggression.