DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2017.v04i08.006

Pages: 504-508

This study examined Emotional Regulation and Marital Status as Predictors of Perceived Workplace Incivility among Administrative Staff of Nigerian Universities. Conceptual model hypothesized that emotional regulation and marital status will both significantly predict perceived workplace incivility. The participants comprised two hundred and seventeen (217) workers who were drawn from a population of administrative staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam both in Anambra State, Nigeria. They included 83 males and 134 females whose ages ranged from 27 to 58 years, with a mean age of 34.12yrs and standard deviation of 3.70. The method of sampling was simple sampling technique. Two instruments were used for the study namely; Incivility Scale by O’Reilly (1982) and Emotional Regulation Scale (ERS) by Gross and John. This study is a cross-sectional survey research using predictive design and multiple regression analysis as appropriate design and statistics to analyze the data obtained from the field. The result confirmed that only emotional regulation significantly and negatively predicted workplace incivility at β = -2.54*, p < .05, (n = 217). The finding implies that as emotional regulation of the employees improved, workplace incivility was reduced.