Galanaki Eleanna, Papalexandris Nancy, Zografou Irene, Pahos Nikolaos
Department of Marketing and Communication, HRM Laboratory, School of Business, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece.
Department of Values, Technology and Innovation, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2024 Sep 17;15:1293610. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1293610. eCollection 2024.
Extensive attention in organizational research has been dedicated to workplace bullying, primarily focusing on its frequency and impact on both the victim and the bully, emphasizing interpersonal dynamics. This study extends current research by shifting the focus to the organizational level, examining the relationship between organizational culture and affective commitment, mediated by workplace bullying. Utilizing data from two surveys ( = 650 in 2012 and = 553 in 2017), the study reveals that dimensions of organizational culture, such as assertiveness, performance orientation, and ingroup collectivism significantly influence work-related workplace bullying. Performance orientation and assertiveness are positively associated with increased bullying, whereas ingroup collectivism serves as a deterrent. In turn, work-related bullying negatively impacts affective commitment, while a culture characterized by high ingroup collectivism not only links negatively with bullying but also links positively with affective commitment. This work is one of the first studies to investigate the interplay among several dimensions of organizational culture, workplace bullying, and affective commitment, underscoring the importance of supportive organizational cultures in fostering healthy work environments.
组织研究中广泛关注工作场所霸凌，主要聚焦于其发生频率以及对受害者和霸凌者的影响，强调人际动态。本研究通过将重点转向组织层面来拓展当前研究，考察由工作场所霸凌介导的组织文化与情感承诺之间的关系。利用两项调查的数据（2012年n = 650，2017年n = 553），该研究表明，组织文化的维度，如 assertiveness（敢作敢为）、绩效导向和内群体集体主义，会显著影响与工作相关的工作场所霸凌。绩效导向和敢作敢为与霸凌行为增加呈正相关，而内群体集体主义则起到威慑作用。反过来，与工作相关的霸凌会对情感承诺产生负面影响，而以高内群体集体主义为特征的文化不仅与霸凌呈负相关，还与情感承诺呈正相关。这项研究是首批调查组织文化的几个维度、工作场所霸凌和情感承诺之间相互作用的研究之一，强调了支持性组织文化在营造健康工作环境方面的重要性。
