Linkages among workplace negative behavioral incidents
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of the linkages between such negative workplace behaviors as abusive supervision and coworker bullying (CB)/mobbing; also, the study explores the linkages between such negative behaviors and work-life outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use “negative acts,” abusive supervision, and workplace bullying/mobbing and develop work-life outcomes scales to test a data set collected from randomly selected respondents in the Midwest of the USA. The two-stage data collection offsets common method variance. Findings: The authors find evidence that American supervisors and employees commit negative behavioral acts rarely. However, the data analyses indicate that many significant relationships exist among negative acts, abusive supervision, CB/mobbing, and employee well-being. Research limitations/implications: Companies are reluctant to allow surveying their employees on the subject of negative acts. Therefore, respondents in this study are a random sample. Many statistically significant interrelationships were detected. Practical implications: This study will reinvigorate discussion on workplace negative behaviors, bullying, and their effects on employee well-being. Social implications: Addressing and reducing negative workplace behaviors will reduce employee stress and anxiety and improve the quality of employees’ work and life. Originality/value: The scales were selected and developed, and the data set was constructed specifically for this study; the interactions of negative acts, abusive supervision, CB and mobbing, and work-life outcomes are tested together in a workplace scenario for the first time.
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2018
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Authors: | Mardanov, Ismatilla ; Cherry, John |
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Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship. - Emerald, ISSN 2049-3983, ZDB-ID 2694217-3. - Vol. 6.2018, 2 (18.05.), p. 221-240
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Emerald |
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