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Workplace Bullying in a Sample of Italian and Spanish Employees and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence rate of workplace bullying in a sample of Italian and Spanish employees, and its differential consequences on employees’ job satisfaction and psychological well-being. The effects of workplace bullying on job satisfaction and psycholog...

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Autores principales: Arenas, Alicia, Giorgi, Gabriele, Montani, Francesco, Mancuso, Serena, Perez, Javier Fiz, Mucci, Nicola, Arcangeli, Giulio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26696948
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01912
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author Arenas, Alicia
Giorgi, Gabriele
Montani, Francesco
Mancuso, Serena
Perez, Javier Fiz
Mucci, Nicola
Arcangeli, Giulio
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description Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence rate of workplace bullying in a sample of Italian and Spanish employees, and its differential consequences on employees’ job satisfaction and psychological well-being. The effects of workplace bullying on job satisfaction and psychological well-being were explored taking into account a contextualized approach. Design/Methodology/approach – Cross-sectional study was adopted, in which a sample of 1,151 employees in Italy and 705 in Spain completed a questionnaire. We hypothesized that the relationship between exposure to bullying behaviors and psychological well-being is mediated by job satisfaction, and that this simple mediation model is moderated by the country (moderated mediation). Findings – Results suggest that no particular differences exist in bullying prevalence among Spanish and Italian employees. However, we found scientific confirmation of our hypothesized moderated mediation model. Research limitations/implications – Despite the limitations of the sample studied, findings capture contextual differences in the bullying phenomenon, which may have several implications for further research in this domain, as well as for designing interventions to deal with workplace bullying. Originality/value – Although this study explores bullying in different cultural contexts without investigating specific cultural values, it establishes the roots to assess workplace bullying from a contextualized perspective.
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spelling pubmed-46781952015-12-22 Workplace Bullying in a Sample of Italian and Spanish Employees and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being Arenas, Alicia Giorgi, Gabriele Montani, Francesco Mancuso, Serena Perez, Javier Fiz Mucci, Nicola Arcangeli, Giulio Front Psychol Psychology Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence rate of workplace bullying in a sample of Italian and Spanish employees, and its differential consequences on employees’ job satisfaction and psychological well-being. The effects of workplace bullying on job satisfaction and psychological well-being were explored taking into account a contextualized approach. Design/Methodology/approach – Cross-sectional study was adopted, in which a sample of 1,151 employees in Italy and 705 in Spain completed a questionnaire. We hypothesized that the relationship between exposure to bullying behaviors and psychological well-being is mediated by job satisfaction, and that this simple mediation model is moderated by the country (moderated mediation). Findings – Results suggest that no particular differences exist in bullying prevalence among Spanish and Italian employees. However, we found scientific confirmation of our hypothesized moderated mediation model. Research limitations/implications – Despite the limitations of the sample studied, findings capture contextual differences in the bullying phenomenon, which may have several implications for further research in this domain, as well as for designing interventions to deal with workplace bullying. Originality/value – Although this study explores bullying in different cultural contexts without investigating specific cultural values, it establishes the roots to assess workplace bullying from a contextualized perspective. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4678195/ /pubmed/26696948 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01912 Text en Copyright © 2015 Arenas, Giorgi, Montani, Mancuso, Perez, Mucci and Arcangeli. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Arenas, Alicia
Giorgi, Gabriele
Montani, Francesco
Mancuso, Serena
Perez, Javier Fiz
Mucci, Nicola
Arcangeli, Giulio
Workplace Bullying in a Sample of Italian and Spanish Employees and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being
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title_full Workplace Bullying in a Sample of Italian and Spanish Employees and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being
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title_full_unstemmed Workplace Bullying in a Sample of Italian and Spanish Employees and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being
title_short Workplace Bullying in a Sample of Italian and Spanish Employees and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being
title_sort workplace bullying in a sample of italian and spanish employees and its relationship with job satisfaction, and psychological well-being
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26696948
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01912
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