The Perpetrators of Workplace Bullying in Schools: A South African Study

Wet, Corene De; Jacobs, Lynette

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n16p567

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“…ther than employees [10]. Previous research showed that targets tended to be high in n roticism [11], and perpetrators tended to be aggressive [9], disagreeable [12] and less scientious [13]. Cross-sectional research on the work environment found that WB pe tration is higher when organizational trust and justice are low [10]; when there is w spread inappropriate social conduct [14] and team fit is low [15]; when leaders are ab [16], or passive avoidant [17] and when employees are being bullied [18,19].…”

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“…Previous studies showed that the prevalence rates of WB perpetration vary between 2.8% [2], 4% [3], and 5% [4]. The impact of WB on targets stretches from sleep problems [5,6], and mental health issues [7] to extreme suicidal thoughts [8]; perpetrators are psychologically distressed [9] and suffer mental illnesses [10]. While we do not know much about perpetrators' physical activities, a previous study showed that they had elevated adverse physical symptoms, including trouble sleeping, and tended to be supervisors rather than employees [10].…”

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A Matter of Health? A 24-Week Daily and Weekly Diary Study on Workplace Bullying Perpetrators’ Psychological and Physical Health

Özer

Griep

Escartín

2022

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Workplace bullying (WB) studies focusing on perpetrators are increasing. Many processes, events, circumstances and individual states are being studied to understand and inhibit what causes some employees to become perpetrators. Using a 24-week diary design and drawing on the Conservation of Resources Theory, we investigated how sleep, physical activity (PA), and being bullied predicted perpetration on a within-level. On a between-level, we controlled for a supervisory position, psychological distress and mental illnesses over 38 employees from Spain and Turkey. Their average age was 38.84 years (SD = 11.75). They were from diverse sectors (15.8% in manufacturing, 15.8% in education, 13.2% in wholesale and retail trade, 13.2% in information and communication, 7.9% in health, 7.9% in other services and 26.3% from other sectors) with diverse professions such as finance manager, psychologist, graphic designer, academic, human resources professional, forensic doctor, IT and Administration head, municipality admin executive, waiter, and sales executives. Data collection was conducted over 24 consecutive work weeks, where only 31 participants were involved in perpetration (final observations = 720). We analyzed the data using multilevel structural equation modeling decomposed into within-and-between-person variance parts. The results indicated that on a within-level, PA as steps taken during the work week and being bullied positively predicted perpetration the same week, while sleep quality did not. By connecting sleep, physical exercise and WB literature, we draw attention to the health condition of perpetrators. Organizations should actively inhibit workplace bullying and be mindful of employees’ physical activities at work or commuting to work. Managers should also be attentive to physical fatigue that employees may feel due to their responsibilities in their private lives and allow employees to rest and recuperate to inhibit negative behaviors at work.

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