TY - JOUR
T1 - Are Bullying Behaviors Tolerated in Some Cultures? Evidence for a Curvilinear Relationship Between Workplace Bullying and Job Satisfaction Among Italian Workers
AU - Giorgi, Gabriele
AU - Leon-Perez, Jose M.
AU - Arenas, Alicia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2015/9/26
Y1 - 2015/9/26
N2 - Since the early 1990s, increasing attention has been paid to the impact of workplace bullying on employees’ well-being and job attitudes. However, the relationship between workplace bullying and job satisfaction remains unclear. This study aims to shed light on the nature of the bullying-job satisfaction relationship in the Italian context (n = 1,393 employees from different organizations). As expected, the results revealed a U-shape curvilinear relationship between workplace bullying and job satisfaction after controlling for demographic variables. In contrast to the curvilinear model, the results support a negative linear relationship between workplace bullying and psychological well-being, in which higher exposure to negative acts at work is associated with diminished well-being. In addition, gender and job position significantly predicted mental health scores where men and managers reported a better psychological well-being than women, blue-collar, and white-collar employees. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed according to these results.
AB - Since the early 1990s, increasing attention has been paid to the impact of workplace bullying on employees’ well-being and job attitudes. However, the relationship between workplace bullying and job satisfaction remains unclear. This study aims to shed light on the nature of the bullying-job satisfaction relationship in the Italian context (n = 1,393 employees from different organizations). As expected, the results revealed a U-shape curvilinear relationship between workplace bullying and job satisfaction after controlling for demographic variables. In contrast to the curvilinear model, the results support a negative linear relationship between workplace bullying and psychological well-being, in which higher exposure to negative acts at work is associated with diminished well-being. In addition, gender and job position significantly predicted mental health scores where men and managers reported a better psychological well-being than women, blue-collar, and white-collar employees. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed according to these results.
KW - Contextualization
KW - Curvilinear dynamics
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - Psychological well-being
KW - Workplace bullying
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84942235549&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10551-014-2266-9
DO - 10.1007/s10551-014-2266-9
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84942235549
SN - 0167-4544
VL - 131
SP - 227
EP - 237
JO - Journal of Business Ethics
JF - Journal of Business Ethics
IS - 1
ER -