The Luxembourg Workplace Mobbing Scale

Abstract

Workplace mobbing is a serious phenomenon that is costly to organizations and has various negative consequences of those targeted. The main purpose of the present study was to develop and validate a new short scale of workplace mobbing experience in three different language versions (German, French, Luxembourgish). Data were collected via computerassisted telephone interviews in a sample of 1500 employees working in Luxembourg (aged from 17 to 64; 52.7 % male) that was representative of the commuter structure of Luxembourg's workforce. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the newly developed 5item scale has good psychometric properties and partial scalar measurement invariance for the three different language versions. Internal consistency was satisfactory (α = .73). Correlations and hierarchical regression analysis with different working condition scales and psychological health scales confirm the construct validity of the new questionnaire. Although the present findings are preliminary in nature, they nevertheless support the reliability and validity of the scale and its use in psychological research.

Beyond Bullying, Aggression, Discrimination, and Social Safety: Development of an Integrated Negative Work Behavior Questionnaire (INWBQ)

“…If necessary, usage of the separate dimensions of Part I is possible in different research contexts, such as the LWMS [ 146 ] for psychological research. For national surveys, such as the GHS [ 147 ], separate dimensions are less suitable and further research could develop an abbreviated INWBQ considering the individual types of NWB.…”

“…Several measurement instruments were excluded from our effort to integrate NWB instruments because their items were derived from instruments already included in this study (i.e., Luxembourg Workplace Mobbing Scale (LWMS) [ 146 ], Gutenburg Health Study (GHS) [ 147 ], Escala de Abuso Psicológico Aplicado en el Lugar de Trabajo Revised (EAPT-T-R), [ 148 ], Short Negative Acts Questionnaire (SNAQ) [ 149 ]), or because they were not work-related (i.e., Contextual Victimization by Community Violence [ 150 ]), or because they addressed coping behaviors rather than NWBs (i.e., De-escalating Aggressive Behavior Scale [ 151 , 152 ]).…”

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The Quality of Work Index and the Quality of Employment Index: A Multidimensional Approach of Job Quality and Its Links to Well-Being at Work

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