Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, UNED, Madrid.
Nurs Outlook. 2013 May-Jun;61(3):e25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2013.03.002.
Horizontal mobbing is a process of systematic and repeated aggression towards a worker by coworkers. Among others, stress has been pointed out as one of the antecedents that favors the onset of horizontal mobbing, whereas group support to the target could act as a buffer. Moreover, the social identity approach emphasizes that group identity is an antecedent of group support. This study explores the interaction of group support and group identity in the explanation of horizontal mobbing in a sample (N = 388) of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses employed at two large hospitals in Madrid and Navarre (Spain). The results show that stress is positively associated to horizontal mobbing, whereas group support and group identity were negative predictors of horizontal mobbing. Furthermore, the combination of low group identity and low group support precipitated HM among nurses.
横向欺凌是指同事对一名员工进行有系统及重复的攻击。当中指出，压力是导致横向欺凌的其中一个前因，而同事对目标的支持则可作为缓冲。此外，社会认同理论强调群体认同是群体支持的一个前因。本研究探讨了在马德里和纳瓦拉（西班牙）两间大型医院工作的注册护士和持牌实习护士样本（N=388）中，群体支持和群体认同在解释横向欺凌方面的相互作用。结果表明，压力与横向欺凌呈正相关，而群体支持和群体认同则是横向欺凌的负向预测指标。此外，低群体认同和低群体支持的组合加剧了护士的 HM。
