@article{ref1,
title="The mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between workplace bullying, mental health and an intention to leave among nurses in Taiwan",
journal="International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health",
year="2019",
author="Hsieh, Yu-Hui and Wang, Hsiu-Hung and Ma, Shu-Ching",
volume="32",
number="2",
pages="245-254",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between workplace bullying, mental health and an intention to leave among nurses, and the mediating role of self-efficacy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 385 nurses in Taiwan. Data were collected by means of self-report questionnaires, including the <i>Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised</i>, the <i>General Self-Efficacy Scale</i>, the <i>Chinese Health Questionnaire</i>, and the <i>Employee's Turnover Intentions and Job Destination Choices Scale</i>. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and hierarchical regression analyses were used. <br><br>RESULTS: Bullying was found to negatively correlate with self-efficacy and mental health, and positively with an intention to leave. Self-efficacy positively correlated with mental health, and negatively with an intention to leave. Hierarchical regression showed that bullying and self-efficacy were significant predictors of both mental health and an intention to leave. Self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between bullying and mental health, as well as an intention to leave. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Self-efficacy acted as a mediator of workplace bullying, mental health and an intention to leave among nurses. It could protect victims from the devastating effects of bullying behaviors.<br><br>This work is available in Open Access model and licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 PL license.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1232-1087",
doi="10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01322",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01322"
}