@article{ref1,
title="Workplace mobbing, group cohesion and intraindividual variables in nurses from a rural hospital in Northern Greece: a correlation study",
journal="Work",
year="2023",
author="Varytis, Athanasios and Giannouli, Vaitsa",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: High levels of mobbing are reported in Greek nurses, but the intraindividual and perceived group emotional correlates are little investigated. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between workplace mobbing (specifically in the nursing sector of a public rural hospital in Greece) and emotional correlates. <br><br>METHODS: Questionnaires measuring emotional aspects such as Negative Act Questionnaire - Revised (NAQ-R) for measuring perceived exposure to bullying and victimization at work, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Overall Job Satisfaction Scale (OJS), Job Affect Scale (JAS: positive and negative subscales), Perceived Cohesion Scale (PCS), Ethical Climate Questionnaire (ECQ), and Short General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) were administered. For the analysis of the data, descriptive and parametric tests were performed through the Pearson correlations and regression for the relationship between variables. <br><br>RESULTS: High mobbing levels were reported (M = 45.93) compared to already established cutoff scores. Statistically significant positive correlations were found for NAQ-R and MBI (Exhaustion subscale) (r = .569, p <  .001), NAQ-R and JAS-negative affect (r = .610, p <  .001), NAQ-R and GHQ-12 (r = .280, p = .002), and NAQ-R andeducational level (r = .196, p = .033). Statistically significant negative correlations were found for NAQ-R and ECQ (r = -.323, p <  .001), NAQ-R and JAS-positive affect (r = -.556, p <  .001), and NAQ-R and PCS (r = -.586, p <.001). Only burnout,negative affect, and perceived group cohesion predicted mobbing measured by NAQ- R. <br><br>CONCLUSION: As mobbing and its consequences are related to specific emotional variables, these perceived individual and group indices, could be targeted in future prevention initiatives.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1051-9815",
doi="10.3233/WOR-220607",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-220607"
}