We introduce a multilevel model of workplace forgiveness and present forgiveness climate as an organizational-level phenomenon that explains when and why employees respond to conflict prosocially. We begin with an examination of the core cultural values that allow forgiveness climates to emerge, including restorative justice, compassion, and temperance. We then explore how the organizational en...

This article explores the forms of moral repair that the wrongdoer has to perform in an attempt to make amends for her past wrongdoing, with a focus on the issues of interpersonal moral repair; that is, what a wrongdoer can do to merit her victim‘s forgiveness and achieve reconciliation with her community. The article argues against the very general demands of atonement that amount to an obliga...

Interest in forgiveness has exploded in recent years as researchers and clinicians have begun to recognize its value for maintaining emotional well-being, physical health, and healthy intimate relationships. Forgiveness appears to be especially important in the marital relationship. This article offers an overview of forgiveness in marriage including a review of major research and clinical effo...

Trust and reputation mechanisms have in part replaced online policing by allowing members to document the quality of their interaction with their peers. This paper proposes an integration of forgiveness into those systems by offering both a theoretical and operational model of forgiveness. Motivating this proposal is the belief that forgiveness can work as a possible prosocial mechanism, which ...

Interpersonal conflicts are almost inevitable within families. The closeness and intensity of family relationships along with differences among family members in knowledge, desires, values, abilities, etc., account for much of this turmoil. Family members are often deeply hurt in the course of their conflicts and sometimes there is a significant breach of trust, Occasionally a family member wil...

We tested the effects of practicing compassionate reappraisal versus emotional suppression as direct coping responses to victims’ ruminations about a past interpersonal offense. Participants (32 females, 32 males) were randomly assigned to learn one coping strategy which immediately followed three of six offense rumination trials (counterbalanced). For both strategy types, coping (vs. offense r...

CONTEXT Patients or family members facing serious illness often express regrets over life events or the need for forgiveness. Professionals, including nurses as the prominent discipline at the bedside, witness these expressions of regret or needs for forgiveness but may not be adequately prepared to optimally address patient concerns regarding forgiveness. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this de...

PSYCHOMETRIC AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF IMPULSIVITY,RUMINATION, REVENGE, AND FORGIVENESSbyJASON DAVID YOUNGMay 2010Advisor: Dr. Sheldon AlexanderMajor: Psychology (Social)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyRevenge and forgiveness are commonplace aspects of social interaction. Pastresearch has emphasized that rumination is an important cognitive correlate ...

The last decades have seen a rise in the public use of notions from the forgiveness discourse. In the present paper it is examined what role forgiveness, reconciliation and empowerment can play in the practice of transitional justice. On the basis of empirical findings, it is shown that forgiveness is too high an ideal to aim at. The promotion of forgiveness can generate much resistance, and ev...