Being the bigger person: Investigating the relationship between workplace bullying exposure and enactment and the role of coping in ending the bullying spiral

IF 5.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Work and Stress Pub Date : 2021-08-24 DOI:10.1080/02678373.2021.1969477

Ivana Vranjes, Denise Salin, Elfi Baillien

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Abstract

ABSTRACT While most of the workplace bullying research has focused on targets and the devastating consequences they face from being exposed to such negative behaviour, bullying does not occur in a social vacuum. Previous research has suggested that people who are exposed to bullying sometimes engage in such behaviour themselves. In this paper, we wanted to test the reciprocal nature of bullying behaviour over time and potential moderators of this relationship in two studies. In Study 1, using two-wave full panel data, we test whether bullying exposure predicts bullying enactment and vice versa. In Study 2, using another two-wave dataset, we test whether individual coping styles moderate the relationship between bullying exposure and enactment. The results of the two studies provide support for the reciprocal nature of bullying behaviour and show that employees who tend to cope actively and instrumentally with being exposed to bullying have a higher chance of engaging in bullying. The reverse holds for people who tend to cope by disengaging and talking to others. This study has important implications for both the bullying literature and for practitioners working on bullying prevention and resolution.

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成为更大的人：调查职场欺凌暴露和实施之间的关系，以及应对在结束欺凌螺旋中的作用

摘要尽管大多数职场欺凌研究都集中在目标以及他们暴露在这种负面行为中所面临的毁灭性后果上，但欺凌并不是在社会真空中发生的。先前的研究表明，受到欺凌的人有时自己也会做出这种行为。在这篇论文中，我们想在两项研究中测试欺凌行为随着时间的推移的互惠性质以及这种关系的潜在调节因素。在研究1中，使用两波全面板数据，我们测试了欺凌暴露是否预示着欺凌的发生，反之亦然。在研究2中，使用另一个两波数据集，我们测试了个人应对方式是否调节了欺凌暴露和实施之间的关系。这两项研究的结果支持了欺凌行为的互惠性质，并表明倾向于积极和工具性地应对欺凌的员工参与欺凌的几率更高。相反的情况适用于那些倾向于通过脱离接触和与他人交谈来应对的人。这项研究对欺凌文献和从事欺凌预防和解决工作的从业者都有重要意义。

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Work and Stress PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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11.70

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： Work & Stress is an international, multidisciplinary quarterly presenting high-quality papers concerned with the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational health and well-being, and stress and safety management. It is published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. The journal publishes empirical reports, scholarly reviews and theoretical papers. It is directed at occupational health psychologists, work and organizational psychologists, those involved with organizational development, and all concerned with the interplay of work, health and organisations. Research published in Work & Stress relates psychologically salient features of the work environment to their psychological, behavioural and health consequences, focusing on the underlying psychological processes. The journal has become a natural home for research on the work-family interface, social relations at work (including topics such as bullying and conflict at work, leadership and organizational support), workplace interventions and reorganizations, and dimensions and outcomes of worker stress and well-being. Such dimensions and outcomes, both positive and negative, include stress, burnout, sickness absence, work motivation, work engagement and work performance. Of course, submissions addressing other topics in occupational health psychology are also welcomed.