Erratum to Workplace Bullying, Emotional Exhaustion, and Partner Social Undermining: A Weekly Diary Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095298
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Social Undermining

Workplace Bullying, Emotional Exhaustion, and Partner Social Undermining: A Weekly Diary Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052093303
Author(s):  
Alfredo Rodríguez-Muñoz ◽  
Mirko Antino ◽  
José M. León-Pérez ◽  
Paula Ruiz-Zorrilla
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Social Stressors ◽  
Social Undermining ◽  
The Relationship

Workplace bullying is one of the most relevant social stressors at work. Although previous research has shown its negative consequences for health and well-being, scarce evidence about the short-term consequences of workplace bullying and its crossover effects on the home domain is available. Thus, we conducted a multisource weekly diary study. A sample of 124 employees and their spouses filled a general survey (baseline measures) and a weekly online survey for four consecutive weeks (number of occasions = 992). Multilevel analyses showed that workplace bullying is associated with emotional exhaustion (γ = 0.643, SE = 0.215, t = 2.99, p < .05) and behaviors of social undermining toward the partner (γ = 0.751, SE = 0.187, t = 4.01, p < .01). Furthermore, rumination mediated the relationship between workplace bullying and its potential detrimental consequences for both employees’ well-being (i.e., emotional exhaustion) and interpersonal connections (i.e., partner social undermining). These results shed some light on the mechanisms that can explain both the short-term effects of workplace bullying on employees’ well-being and how such effects go beyond the work setting and can impact the home domain. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

Indirect effect of workplace bullying on emotional exhaustion through job insecurity among Malaysian workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1325-1342
Author(s):  
Alireza Jalali ◽  
Mastura Jaafar ◽  
Nur Izzati Hidzir
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Although workplace bullying has often been considered a significant source of health-related problems, only a handful of studies have deeply examined this relationship. This paper aims to fill this gap by inspecting the direct as well as indirect relationships between bullying and emotional exhaustion. This study also explores the buffering role of religion between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. Design/methodology/approach This correlational paper used the quantitative method of data collection (N = 102) from employees in Malaysia and used SmartPLS to analyze the data. To operationalize workplace bullying as the second-order factor, partial least squares was used to estimate the two-stage model through the repeated use of a manifest variable. Findings The result of the current study showed that workplace bullying has a positive impact on job insecurity as well as emotional exhaustion while also having a positive indirect effect on emotional exhaustion through job insecurity. Moreover, the result of this study reveals that religion has a moderating (buffering) influence on the relationship between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. Research limitations/implications The study merely applied self-report measures, thus potentially involving the common method variance problems. Practical implications Human resource professionals must be aware that employees who are exposed to bullying actions may consider emotional exhaustion and job security needs to be restored among targets. For instance, they need to ensure that no unwanted and illegitimate relocation or alternation of work task has occurred. Furthermore, it is significant to encourage employees to regularly attend religious services because religious involvement could foster mental health, in part by lowering the risk of exposure to stressful life events such as job insecurity. Originality/value This study could be beneficial for organizations and researchers looking to address emotional exhaustion, security and bullying in a context broader than physical health and may further supplement the discussions around workplace bullying, mental health and religion.

Workplace bullying and workplace deviance

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Chun Peng ◽  
Liang-Ju Chen ◽  
Chen-Chieh Chang ◽  
Wen-Long Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Workplace Deviance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Common Method ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between workplace bullying and workplace deviance. This study also examined the mediating effect of emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of core self-evaluations (CSE) in the relationship between workplace bullying and workplace deviance. Design/methodology/approach – Convenience sampling was used in this study; 262 caregivers at a long-term care institution in Taiwan participated in the study. Findings – The results of this study showed that workplace bullying positively and significantly influenced workplace deviance; emotional exhaustion fully mediated the relationship between workplace bullying and deviance; and CSE significantly moderated the relationship between workplace bullying and deviance. Research limitations/implications – The self-reporting method and cross-sectional research design adopted in this study might have resulted in common method variance and limited the ability to make causal inferences. This study suggest future studies to obtain measures of predictor and criterion variables from different sources or ensure a temporal, proximal, or psychological separation between predictor and criterion in the collection of data to avoid the common method bias. Practical implications – Businesses should establish a friendly work environment and prevent employees from encountering workplace bullying. Next, an unbiased process for internal complaints should be established. Finally, this study suggests recruiting employees with high CSE. Originality/value – This study was the first to simultaneously consider the effect of emotional exhaustion (a mediator) and CSE (a moderator) on the relationship between workplace bullying and workplace deviance.

scholarly journals Does Workplace Bullying Produce Employee Voice and Physical Health Issues? Testing the Mediating Role of Emotional Exhaustion

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huai-Liang Liang
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Common Method Bias ◽  
Method Bias

Workplace bullying is a reality in organizations. Employees’ experiences of workplace bullying can produce their voice that intends to challenge the status quo at work and can damage their physical health. This study examines the effects of workplace bullying on employee voice and physical health issues and considers individuals’ emotional reactions as a critical mechanism operating between workplace bullying and its consequences in workplace situations. Emotional exhaustion mediates the influence of workplace bullying on employee voice and damaged health. Data for 694 employees from a large Taiwanese retail organization revealed that workplace bullying relates to its outcomes at work. The findings of this study show that emotional exhaustion is a critical mechanism between workplace bullying and its consequences, i.e., employee voice and health issues. A time-lag study design is applied to reduce common method bias.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Undermining on Employees’ Emotional Exhaustion and Procrastination Behavior in Deluxe Hotels: Moderating Role of Positive Psychological Capital

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 931
Author(s):  
Hyo-Sun Jung ◽  
Hye-Hyun Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Social Undermining ◽  
Positive Psychological Capital ◽  
Hotel Employees ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Deluxe Hotel ◽  
Moderating Role

The purpose of this study was to determine if social undermining as perceived by frontline employees significantly affects their emotional exhaustion and procrastination behavior and to clarify the moderating role of positive psychological capital. A total of 310 deluxe hotel employees in South Korea participated in this study by completing a self-administered questionnaire. The study results showed that social undermining perceived by deluxe hotel employees positively influenced their emotional exhaustion. In addition, when emotional exhaustion became severe, employees’ procrastination behavior, which harmed their organizations, increased. Additionally, the findings suggest a mediating effect, thereby indicating that employees’ procrastination behaviors may increase when they experience emotional exhaustion resulting from social undermining. When employees perform their jobs with a positive attitude in a work situation, the negative influence of social undermining and emotional exhaustion may be partially offset. Limitations and future research directions are also discussed.

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