Workplace Incivility Scale

The Workplace Incivility Scale (WIS) is a self-report measure of rude, condescending, and ostracizing experiences on the job. Researchers may download this scale from the articles below and use it for non-commercial scientific or educational purposes purposes. The 2001 article contains the full text of the original 7-item WIS, and the 2013 article contains a revised, 12-item version of the scale. To score the WIS, simply take a sum or mean of all items (there is no separate scoring manual).

Cortina, L.M., Magley, V.J., Williams, J.H., & Langhout, R.D. (2001). Incivility in the workplace: Incidence and impact. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 6 , 64-80.

Cortina, L.M., Kabat-Farr, D., Leskinen, E., Huerta, M. & Magley, V.J.  (2013). Selective incivility as modern discrimination in organizations: Evidence and impact. Journal of Management, 39, 1579-1605.