Citation

Ariza-Montes A, Muniz R NM, Leal-Rodríguez AL, Leal-Millán AG. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2016; 58(8): 818-827.

Affiliation

Department of Business Management, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Córdoba (Drs Ariza-Montes, Muniz R.); Department of Business Management, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Sevilla (Dr Leal-Rodríguez); and Department of Business Management and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (Dr Leal-Millán).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0000000000000804

PMID

27305842

Abstract

This paper adopts the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model to analyze workplace bullying among teachers. The data used for this research are obtained from the 5th European Working Conditions Survey. Given the objective of this work, a subsample of 261 education employees is collected: 48.7% of these teachers report having experienced workplace bullying (N = 127), while 51.3% indicate not considering themselves as bullied at work (N = 134). In order to test the research model and hypotheses, this study relies on the use of partial least squares (PLS-SEM), a variance-based structural equation modeling method. The study describes a workplace bullying prevalence rate of 4.4% among education employees. This work summarizes an array of outcomes with the aim of proposing, in general, that workplace bullying may be reduced by limiting job demands and increasing job resources.

Language: en