Relationship between workplace bullying and work engagement: education sector of Pakistan

IF 1.6 Q2 Business, Management and Accounting
Farhina Hameed, G. Ambreen, Younus Awan
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PurposeBullying is an uncontrolled incident in today's global workplace and widely recognized as a major issue that has to be explained, addressed and resolved, both from a research and management aspect. However, it has a devastating impact on teacher performance thus a need to study its impact is crucial and integral. The study's purpose is to look into the impact of workplace bullying (WB) on work engagement (WE), as well as the influence of emotional exhaustion (EE) and psychological distress (PD) as mediators. Further, the study analyzed the role of emotional intelligence (EI) as a moderator for teacher's psychological distress and work engagement.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative approach was employed using 63 items and a 7-point Likert scale questionnaire administered to 366 teachers working in schools located in Islamabad. Data has been collected with the time lag method. Confirmatory Factor Analysis is employed to estimate factors whereas Structural Equation Modeling is executed to test hypotheses by using AMOS-23.FindingsResults suggest that workplace bullying is significantly related to work engagement and this relationship is partially mediated by emotional exhaustion and psychological distress. Further, it confirmed the role of emotional intelligence as a moderator between psychological distress and work engagement.Research limitations/implicationsFirst of all, single-source data has been used (responses collected from teachers) which may raise issues regarding CMB thus, future studies might collect data at different levels for better generalizability. Secondly, the study is based on a convenience sampling technique thus the hypothesized model may not be generalized to the entire population. Thirdly, the study found four variables in total to measure the effect on work engagement, therefore, individual characteristics or personality traits can better capture the notion.Practical implicationsThe finding of the study would be helpful for the educational sector as they are playing an integral part in our society and such dilemmas need to be addressed with possible solutions.Originality/valueThis is one of the few studies which measure the mediator and moderator both consecutively in measuring workplace bullying and work engagement in the educational sector of Pakistan.
工作场所欺凌与工作投入的关系:巴基斯坦教育部门
蓄意欺凌是当今全球工作场所中一种不受控制的事件,被广泛认为是一个必须从研究和管理方面解释、解决和解决的重大问题。然而,它对教师的表现有着毁灭性的影响,因此研究其影响是至关重要的。该研究的目的是研究工作场所欺凌(WB)对工作投入(WE)的影响,以及情绪衰竭(EE)和心理困扰(PD)作为中介的影响。此外,本研究还分析了情商在教师心理困扰和工作投入中的调节作用。设计/方法/方法采用定量方法,使用63个项目和7点Likert量表,对伊斯兰堡学校的366名教师进行问卷调查。数据是用时间滞后法收集的。验证性因素分析用于估计因素,而结构方程建模用于使用AMOS-23检验假设。结果表明,工作场所欺凌与工作投入显著相关,这种关系部分由情绪衰竭和心理困扰介导。此外,它还证实了情商在心理困扰和工作投入之间的调节作用。研究局限性/含义首先,使用了单一来源的数据(从教师那里收集的回复),这可能会引发有关CMB的问题,因此,未来的研究可能会收集不同级别的数据,以更好地推广。其次,该研究基于方便抽样技术,因此假设的模型可能不会推广到整个人群。第三,研究总共发现了四个变量来衡量对工作投入的影响,因此,个人特征或性格特征可以更好地捕捉这一概念。实际意义这项研究的发现将有助于教育部门,因为他们在我们的社会中扮演着不可或缺的角色,需要用可能的解决方案来解决这些困境。独创性/价值这是为数不多的连续测量巴基斯坦教育部门工作场所欺凌和工作参与度的中介和调节者的研究之一。
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