Workplace Bullying among Healthcare Workers

Abstract

This paper aims to assess consistent predictors through the use of a sample that includes different actors from the healthcare work force to identify certain key elements in a set of job-related organizational contexts. The utilized data were obtained from the 5th European Working Conditions Survey, conducted in 2010 by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. In light of these objectives, we collected a subsample of 284 health professionals, some of them from the International Standard Classification of Occupations—subgroup 22—(ISCO-08). The results indicated that the chance of a healthcare worker referring to him/herself as bullied increases among those who work on a shift schedule, perform monotonous and rotating tasks, suffer from work stress, enjoy little satisfaction from their working conditions, and do not perceive opportunities for promotions in their organizations. The present work summarizes an array of outcomes and proposes within the usual course of events that workplace bullying could be reduced if job demands were limited and job resources were increased. The implications of these findings could assist human resource managers in facilitating, to some extent, good social relationships among healthcare workers.

Bullying behavior and mental health in healthcare and educational sectors in Kaunas, Lithuania

“…The data obtained from 5th European Working Conditions Survey conducted in 2010 showed that the prevalence of workplace bullying was 11.3% among the employees in the healthcare sector [7]. The research on workplace bullying solely among physicians is rather limited as compared to the extent of the investigations in the samples of nurses or healthcare sector in general.…”

“…This variation could be explained by cultural differences, diverse level of knowledge of the phenomenon, the inconsistency of bullying measurement methods and the variety of instruments used worldwide [7,8].…”

Assédio Moral: Impacto Sobre a Saúde Mental e o Envolvimento com Trabalho em Agentes Comunitários de Saúde

“…Não foi verifi cada correlação significativa entre assédio moral e idade, este resultado corrobora o estudo Maciel et al (2007); Soares e Oliveria (2012) e Kivimaki et al (2000) e se opõe ao encontrado por Ariza-Montes et al (2013a), que verifi caram que profi ssionais mais jovens sofrem mais assédio moral. Pode se hipotetizar que profi ssionais mais jovens ocupem posições hierárquicas mais baixas em virtude da pouca experiência, e este fato os tornem vítimas mais frequentes ou, ainda, que os jovens tenham maior propensão a não seguir regras institucionais e mesmo sociais e entrem em confronto com os superiores, porém a maioria dos estudos não tem dado suporte a essa a hipótese.…”

“…Certas características físicas ou psicológicas ou traços de personalidade poderiam predispor ao agressor e ao agredido (Ariza-Montes et al, 2013a). Pessoas que são marginalizadas pela sociedade, pertencentes a minorias, como certos grupos raciais ou religiosos, mulheres, homossexuais, portadores de necessidades especiais ou classes sociais mais baixas são alvos de preconceito, e essa tendência pode se repetir nas organizações que são uma extensão das relações sociais.…”

Seeing Students Squirm: Nursing Students' Experiences of Bullying Behaviors During Clinical Rotations

“…Bullying is widely recognized as a persistent problem in the profession of nursing (Ariza-Montes, Muniz, Montero-Simó, & Araque-Padilla, 2013; Berry, Gillespie, Gates, & Schafer, 2012; Chipps, Stelmaschuk, Albert, Bernhard, & Holloman, 2013). Those at particular risk include individuals with limited authority and experience such as nursing students (Clarke, Kane, Rajacich, & Lafreniere, 2012; Hakojarvi, Salminen, & Suhonen, 2014; Kern, Montgomery, Mossey, & Bailey, 2014).…”