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View article: Psychometric properties and cut‐off scores for the Swedish version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire: The full scale and short version
Psychometric properties and cut‐off scores for the Swedish version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire: The full scale and short version Open
The present study investigates the psychometric properties and cut‐off scores of a Swedish version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire, the most frequently used instrument to measure exposure to workplace bullying. Based on a probability sa…
View article: Role ambiguity as an antecedent to workplace bullying: Hostile work climate and supportive leadership as intermediate factors
Role ambiguity as an antecedent to workplace bullying: Hostile work climate and supportive leadership as intermediate factors Open
Previous studies have shown role stress to be an important antecedent of workplace bullying. The present study investigated when and how a long-term effect of role ambiguity on exposure to bullying may be present. Based on the work environ…
View article: Neuroticism as an antecedent of abusive supervision and laissez‐faire leadership in emergent leaders: The role of facets and agreeableness as a moderator
Neuroticism as an antecedent of abusive supervision and laissez‐faire leadership in emergent leaders: The role of facets and agreeableness as a moderator Open
Academic interest in the relationship between leaders' personality and subordinates’ perception of destructive leadership behavior is increasing. However, results so far have been weak, contradictory, and inconsistent to theory. Here, we e…
View article: The role of leadership practices in the relationship between role stressors and exposure to bullying behaviours – a longitudinal moderated mediation design
The role of leadership practices in the relationship between role stressors and exposure to bullying behaviours – a longitudinal moderated mediation design Open
Role conflicts and role ambiguity have been identified as important risk factors for exposure to workplace bullying, particularly when combined with inadequate leadership practices. Even though role ambiguity theoretically can be considere…
View article: Psychosocial safety climate as a moderator in role stressor- bullying relationships: A multilevel approach
Psychosocial safety climate as a moderator in role stressor- bullying relationships: A multilevel approach Open
Drawing on the conservation of resources theory and safety signal theory, we investigate the hypothesis that an organizations psychosocial safety climate (PSC) moderates the well established relationships between individual experience of r…
View article: When the Going Gets Tough and the Environment Is Rough: The Role of Departmental Level Hostile Work Climate in the Relationships between Job Stressors and Workplace Bullying
When the Going Gets Tough and the Environment Is Rough: The Role of Departmental Level Hostile Work Climate in the Relationships between Job Stressors and Workplace Bullying Open
In line with the work environment hypothesis, the present study investigates whether department-level perceptions of hostile work climate moderate the relationship between psychosocial predictors of workplace bullying (i.e., role conflicts…
View article: Last in, first out? Length of service as a moderator of the relationship between exposure to bullying behaviors and work-related outcomes
Last in, first out? Length of service as a moderator of the relationship between exposure to bullying behaviors and work-related outcomes Open
In the present study, we proposed and tested a conceptual model of length of service in the organization as a moderator of the relationship between exposure to workplace bullying behaviors and turnover intention, as mediated through job di…
View article: Witnessing workplace bullying – Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual health and well-being outcomes
Witnessing workplace bullying – Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual health and well-being outcomes Open
Background: Most research on workplace bullying has examined the impact of the mistreatment on those exposed. Although bullying also is assumed to have significant ripple effects on bystanders, the empirical evidence for this line of resea…
View article: The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership in the Relationships between Job Demands and Turnover Intentions
The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership in the Relationships between Job Demands and Turnover Intentions Open
There is a shortage of knowledge about how different job demands influence turnover among employees. This study determines cross-sectional and prospective associations between challenge demands (quantitative demands), hindrance demands (ro…
View article: Workplace bullying and mental health problems in balanced and gender-dominated workplaces
Workplace bullying and mental health problems in balanced and gender-dominated workplaces Open
We investigate risks of exposure to workplace bullying and related mental health outcomes for men and women when being in a gender minority as opposed to working in a gender-balanced working environment or when belonging to a gender majori…
View article: Healing the wounds of workplace bullying: Evaluating mental health and workplace participation among victims seeking treatment for common mental disorders
Healing the wounds of workplace bullying: Evaluating mental health and workplace participation among victims seeking treatment for common mental disorders Open
BACKGROUND: Victims of workplace bullying represent a group characterised by severe negative health complaints at risk of losing their foothold in working life. To date, very few studies have investigated the effect of psychological treatm…
View article: Assessing Workplace Bullying and Its Outcomes: The Paradoxical Role of Perceived Power Imbalance Between Target and Perpetrator
Assessing Workplace Bullying and Its Outcomes: The Paradoxical Role of Perceived Power Imbalance Between Target and Perpetrator Open
This study investigates the role of perceived power relation between target and perpetrator regarding victimization and turnover intent following exposure to bullying behavior at the workplace. We hypothesized that (1) targets of bullying …
View article: Daily interpersonal conflicts and daily exposure to bullying behaviors at work: The moderating roles of trait anger and trait anxiety
Daily interpersonal conflicts and daily exposure to bullying behaviors at work: The moderating roles of trait anger and trait anxiety Open
Building on the three‐way model of workplace bullying and its underlying theories, this study investigates the role of trait anger and trait anxiety in the link between daily interpersonal conflicts and daily exposure to bullying behaviors…
View article: Exposure to negative acts at work and self-labelling as a victim of workplace bullying: The role of prior victimization from bullying
Exposure to negative acts at work and self-labelling as a victim of workplace bullying: The role of prior victimization from bullying Open
The present study examines employees’ prior victimization from bullying in school or at work as a predictor of 1) their current exposure to negative social acts at work and 2) the likelihood of labelling as a victim of workplace bullying, …
View article: Preventing and Neutralizing the Escalation of Workplace Bullying: the Role of Conflict Management Climate
Preventing and Neutralizing the Escalation of Workplace Bullying: the Role of Conflict Management Climate Open
Workplace bullying is, by definition, a gradually escalating process, theorized to occur from psychosocial stressors when there is a lack of management intervention in escalating conflicts, and a lack of fair and robust conflict management…
View article: Workplace bullying increases the risk of anxiety through a stress-induced β2-adrenergic receptor mechanism: a multisource study employing an animal model, cell culture experiments and human data
Workplace bullying increases the risk of anxiety through a stress-induced β2-adrenergic receptor mechanism: a multisource study employing an animal model, cell culture experiments and human data Open
Objectives Several studies show that severe social stressors, e.g., in the form of exposure to workplace bullying in humans, is associated with negative mental health effects such as depression and anxiety among those targeted. However, th…
View article: Exposure to bullying behaviours, resilience, and return to work self-efficacy in patients on or at risk of sick leave
Exposure to bullying behaviours, resilience, and return to work self-efficacy in patients on or at risk of sick leave Open
The study investigated relationships between exposure to bullying behaviours, return to work self-efficacy (RTW-SE) and resilience, and if resilience moderates the bullying-RTW-SE relationship among patients on sick leave or at risk of sic…
View article: A clinical study of musculoskeletal dysfunction in targets of workplace bullying
A clinical study of musculoskeletal dysfunction in targets of workplace bullying Open
Background Workers exposed to bullying often report musculoskeletal symptoms. In this study we have clinically evaluated the prevalence and nature of musculoskeletal dysfunction among a group of workers exposed to bullying and studied the …
View article: Clinical Characteristics of Patients Seeking Treatment for Common Mental Disorders Presenting With Workplace Bullying Experiences
Clinical Characteristics of Patients Seeking Treatment for Common Mental Disorders Presenting With Workplace Bullying Experiences Open
Victims of workplace bullying are a vulnerable group at risk of expulsion from working life, being overrepresented among patients seeking mental health treatment for CMD. One in four patients represented with such experience have higher le…
View article: Daily work pressure and exposure to bullying-related negative acts: The role of daily transformational and laissez-faire leadership
Daily work pressure and exposure to bullying-related negative acts: The role of daily transformational and laissez-faire leadership Open
The present study integrates the work environment hypothesis and the effort-reward imbalance model to argue that work-related antecedents of workplace bullying are moderated by the day-to-day leadership practices of one's immediate leader.…
View article: Outcomes of a Proximal Workplace Intervention Against Workplace Bullying and Harassment: A Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Among Norwegian Industrial Workers
Outcomes of a Proximal Workplace Intervention Against Workplace Bullying and Harassment: A Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Among Norwegian Industrial Workers Open
Background: Workplace bullying is an important and prevalent risk factors for health impairment, reduced workability and lowered efficiency among both targets and observers. Development and tests of effective organizational intervention st…
View article: Accumulated Long-Term Exposure to Workplace Bullying Impairs Psychological Hardiness: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study among Nurses
Accumulated Long-Term Exposure to Workplace Bullying Impairs Psychological Hardiness: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study among Nurses Open
Personality has been hypothesized to act as antecedent as well as an outcome of workplace bullying. Still, investigations on the longitudinal relationship between bullying and personality are scarce. We investigated the relationship betwee…
View article: Does the number of perpetrators matter? An extension and re‐analysis of workplace bullying as a risk factor for exclusion from working life
Does the number of perpetrators matter? An extension and re‐analysis of workplace bullying as a risk factor for exclusion from working life Open
Based on a nationally representative sample ( N = 1,613) and a true prospective design, we show that the link between self‐labelled workplace bullying and exclusion from working life (i.e., becoming a non‐participant in working life) over …
View article: Repeated social defeat promotes persistent inflammatory changes in splenic myeloid cells; decreased expression of β-arrestin-2 (ARRB2) and increased expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6)
Repeated social defeat promotes persistent inflammatory changes in splenic myeloid cells; decreased expression of β-arrestin-2 (ARRB2) and increased expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) Open
Background Previous studies suggest that persistent exposure to social stress in mammals may be associated with multiple physiological effects. Here, we examine the effects of social stress in rats, i.e. repeated social defeat, on behavior…