%0 Journal Article %T Distinction sociale et conduites d£¿incivilit¨¦ dans les espaces commerciaux ouverts au public %A Sautkina %A Elena %A Rouquette %A Michel-Louis %A Amador %A Sarah %A Castano %A Christophe %A Casal %A Aim¨¦e %J Psicologia %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article represents a theoretical analysis based on an exploratory study conducted in three french enterprises: sncf (french national railway), la poste (postal service) and galeries lafayette (a parisian department store). the aim of this article is to produce a psychosocial scope on the phenomenon of uncivil behaviour understood here as a consequence of a break of social links between employees and clients. a definition of incivility in terms of interactions between different social groups is proposed here. then, incivility is analysed as a behaviour of social distinction. we attempt to demonstrate, finally, how the differentiation of spaces of each enterprise is related to uncivil behaviours. %K uncivil behaviour %K inter-group relations %K social distinction %K spatial differentiation. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-20492007000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en