Work intensification and bullying among Ghanaian Nurses: Do psychological capital and life satisfaction matter?

Q2 Nursing

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ijans.2025.100868

Justice Mensah, Comfort Binipom Mpuan, Eric Nanteer-Oteng

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Abstract

The current study examined the effect of intensified job demands (IJDs) on workplace bullying among nurses in Ghana and explored the moderating role of psychological capital and life satisfaction. This study was a cross-sectional survey carried out with 406 nurses being sampled conveniently via the administration of an online survey. The results of the study showed that experiences of intensified job demands (IJDs) were associated positively with bullying behaviours among nurses. Furthermore, the results from Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in IBM’s AMOS showed that life satisfaction and psychological capital (PsyCap) mitigated the extent to which nurses engaged in workplace bullying behaviours in the face of intensified job demands. Thus, the influence of IJDs on workplace bullying behaviours was significantly diminished in the presence of life satisfaction and PsyCap. It is therefore suggested that as organisations work towards the eradication of workplace bullying, they must pay attention to work intensification, develop the PsyCap of employees, and deploy measures that enhance the life satisfaction of employees.

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加纳护士的工作强化和欺凌：心理资本和生活满意度有关系吗？

本研究考察了强化工作需求（IJDs）对加纳护士职场欺凌的影响，并探讨了心理资本和生活满意度的调节作用。本研究是一项横断面调查，通过在线调查方便地抽取了406名护士。研究结果表明，强化工作需求的经历与护士的欺凌行为呈正相关。此外，IBM的AMOS结构方程模型（SEM）的结果表明，生活满意度和心理资本（PsyCap）减轻了护士在面对强化的工作需求时从事工作场所欺凌行为的程度。因此，在生活满意度和心理cap存在的情况下，国际青少年对职场欺凌行为的影响显著减弱。因此，建议组织在努力消除工作场所欺凌的同时，必须注意工作强度，开发员工的心理cap，并采取措施提高员工的生活满意度。

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International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences Nursing-Nursing (all)

CiteScore

2.40

自引率

0.00%

发文量

114

审稿时长

21 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (IJANS) is an international scientific journal published by Elsevier. The broad-based journal was founded on two key tenets, i.e. to publish the most exciting research with respect to the subjects of Nursing and Midwifery in Africa, and secondly, to advance the international understanding and development of nursing and midwifery in Africa, both as a profession and as an academic discipline. The fully refereed journal provides a forum for all aspects of nursing and midwifery sciences, especially new trends and advances. The journal call for original research papers, systematic and scholarly review articles, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing as related to nursing and midwifery in Africa, technical reports, and short communications, and which will meet the journal''s high academic and ethical standards. Manuscripts of nursing practice, education, management, and research are encouraged. The journal values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic significance for educators, practitioners, leaders and policy-makers of nursing and midwifery in Africa. The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of nursing, and is also inviting international scholars who are engaged with nursing and midwifery in Africa to contribute to the journal. We will only publish work that demonstrates the use of rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of nursing and midwifery as it relates to the Africa context.