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Exposure to bullying behaviours and support from co-workers and supervisors: a three-way interaction and the effect on health and well-being

PURPOSE: Workplace bullying can be very stressful and it has detrimental effects on health and well-being which makes it an important area of study. Social support has traditionally been seen as important in moderating work-related stress. It was hypothesised that the negative association between ex...

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Autores principales: Blomberg, Stefan, Rosander, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31828422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-019-01503-7
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description PURPOSE: Workplace bullying can be very stressful and it has detrimental effects on health and well-being which makes it an important area of study. Social support has traditionally been seen as important in moderating work-related stress. It was hypothesised that the negative association between exposure to bullying behaviours, and health and well-being is moderated by (a) perceived support from close co-workers and (b) perceived supportive leadership. In the study, we also investigated a three-way interaction between exposure to bullying behaviours, perceived support from close co-workers and perceived supportive leadership. This association has not been studied before and add new knowledge to the research field. METHODS: We used a moderated moderation analysis of workplace bullying, co-worker support and supervisor support using cross-sectional data from a work environment survey with 1383 respondents (75% response rate). RESULTS: The moderated moderation analysis confirmed the moderating effect of perceived co-worker support but not the moderating effect of perceived supervisor support. There was a three-way interaction, but not in the case of the lowest 12.6% of perceived supervisor support scores. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the negative effect of workplace bullying on health and well-being is weaker if victims perceive that they have co-worker support, but this protective effect seems to be conditional on the perceived level of supervisor support. In other words, lack of supportive leadership may block the beneficial effect of perceived co-worker support.
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spelling pubmed-71180282020-04-06 Exposure to bullying behaviours and support from co-workers and supervisors: a three-way interaction and the effect on health and well-being Blomberg, Stefan Rosander, Michael Int Arch Occup Environ Health Original Article PURPOSE: Workplace bullying can be very stressful and it has detrimental effects on health and well-being which makes it an important area of study. Social support has traditionally been seen as important in moderating work-related stress. It was hypothesised that the negative association between exposure to bullying behaviours, and health and well-being is moderated by (a) perceived support from close co-workers and (b) perceived supportive leadership. In the study, we also investigated a three-way interaction between exposure to bullying behaviours, perceived support from close co-workers and perceived supportive leadership. This association has not been studied before and add new knowledge to the research field. METHODS: We used a moderated moderation analysis of workplace bullying, co-worker support and supervisor support using cross-sectional data from a work environment survey with 1383 respondents (75% response rate). RESULTS: The moderated moderation analysis confirmed the moderating effect of perceived co-worker support but not the moderating effect of perceived supervisor support. There was a three-way interaction, but not in the case of the lowest 12.6% of perceived supervisor support scores. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the negative effect of workplace bullying on health and well-being is weaker if victims perceive that they have co-worker support, but this protective effect seems to be conditional on the perceived level of supervisor support. In other words, lack of supportive leadership may block the beneficial effect of perceived co-worker support. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019-12-11 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7118028/ /pubmed/31828422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-019-01503-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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title_fullStr Exposure to bullying behaviours and support from co-workers and supervisors: a three-way interaction and the effect on health and well-being
title_full_unstemmed Exposure to bullying behaviours and support from co-workers and supervisors: a three-way interaction and the effect on health and well-being
title_short Exposure to bullying behaviours and support from co-workers and supervisors: a three-way interaction and the effect on health and well-being
title_sort exposure to bullying behaviours and support from co-workers and supervisors: a three-way interaction and the effect on health and well-being
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31828422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-019-01503-7
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