Centre for Work Life and Evaluation Studies, Department of Urban Studies, Malmö University, 205 06, Malmö, Sweden.
Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
BMC Psychol. 2022 Dec 12;10(1):299. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00996-1.
The aim of the present study is to explore whether (experienced and witnessed) workplace incivility is a risk factor for (experienced and witnessed) workplace bullying. An additional aim is to explore whether experienced workplace incivility is associated with psychological well-being above and beyond the influence of (experienced and witnessed) workplace bullying on well-being.
A survey was distributed via e-mail to a panel of Swedish engineers. The survey was administered at three time points over one year. In total, N = 1005 engineers responded to the survey. Of these, N = 341 responded to more than one survey, providing longitudinal data. N = 111 responded to all three surveys.
The results showed that the likelihood of being targeted by workplace bullying was higher for those who had previously experienced incivility, even when taking previous bullying exposure into account. There was also partial support for a higher likelihood of witnessing bullying at a later time point for those that had previously witnessed incivility. Additionally, the results showed that experienced workplace incivility was negatively related to psychological well-being over time, even when controlling for previous levels of experienced and witnessed workplace bullying and well-being. However, this result was only found over one of the two time lags.
The findings of the present study suggests that workplace incivility can be a risk factor for future bullying. In addition, the findings suggest that experienced workplace incivility exerts a unique negative effect on psychological well-being, even when accounting for exposure to workplace bullying.
本研究旨在探讨职场不文明行为(经历过和目睹过)是否是职场欺凌(经历过和目睹过)的一个风险因素。另一个目的是探讨经历过的职场不文明行为是否与心理健康有关,而不仅仅是职场欺凌对幸福感的影响。
通过电子邮件向瑞典工程师小组分发了一份调查问卷。该调查在一年的三个时间点进行。共有 1005 名工程师对调查做出了回应。其中,341 人对超过一次的调查做出了回应,提供了纵向数据。111 人对所有三次调查都做出了回应。
结果表明,那些之前经历过不文明行为的人更容易成为职场欺凌的目标,即使考虑到之前的欺凌经历也是如此。对于那些之前目睹过不文明行为的人来说,后来更有可能目击到欺凌行为,这也得到了部分支持。此外,研究结果表明,即使在控制之前经历过的和目睹过的职场欺凌和幸福感水平后,经历过的职场不文明行为与心理健康呈负相关。然而,这一结果仅在两个时间滞后中的一个中得到了验证。
本研究的结果表明,职场不文明行为可能是未来欺凌的一个风险因素。此外,研究结果还表明,经历过的职场不文明行为对心理健康有独特的负面影响,即使考虑到职场欺凌的暴露情况也是如此。