Abstract: Social undermining refers to behavior intended to hinder, over time, the ability to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships, work-related success, and favorable reputation. Past inquiries have focused on social undermining’s antecedents, consequences, and factors that mediate and moderate these relationships. The authors review recent progress within social undermining research and develop a new integrated research framework of social undermining. This framework highlights the multiple effects of social undermining and the roles of social contexts and organizational factors on social undermining. An agenda is provided for future studies on the multiple effects of social undermining and the social contexts and organizational factors on social undermining.

Key words: social undermining, aggressive behavior, interpersonal interaction