Workplace Bullying in the Public Sector

Ghaziri, Mazen El; London, Matthew; Lipscomb, Jane

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-5308-5_16

Cited by 4 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 65 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…It is reasonable to expect public-sector employees to be more inclined to report this behavior as job security is greater. Nevertheless, El Ghaziri et al (2021) observes that public sector employees are at greater risk of work-place bullying globally compared to their private sector counterparts, in part due to specific sectoral factors such as being service oriented and highly bureaucratic, undervalued by the public, comprising a large and diverse workforce, and also a higher unionization rate than the private sector.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

Fernández Puente,

Sánchez-Sánchez

2023

SAGE Open

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This work considers the impact of the different job quality dimensions on Eurozone job satisfaction through the European Working Conditions Survey-2015. The econometric analysis, using a probit model (marginal effects), reveals that dimensions associated with Social environment, Skills and discretion, Prospects, and Earnings have a positive and significant impact on job satisfaction. The impact of Work intensity is negative and those related to Physical environment and Working time quality do not have a significant impact on job satisfaction. Regarding the differential impact of the different dimensions on the public and private sectors, both Prospects and Social environment are notably higher in the private sector. The greater impact of the first index is not justified, as is the case with the Social environment, by a lower index but, probably, by the greater variability of the index in the private sector. Our work emphasizes the relevance of studying variables associated to job quality when identifying the causes of job satisfaction. Greater understanding of these dimensions in the private sector would improve the situation in the public sector (and vice versa) and, therefore, workers’ job satisfaction. Of special interest are the possible improvements in the field of Social environment in the public sector, specifically in relationships between workers and their immediate bosses and in the distribution of work tasks.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

Fernández Puente,

Sánchez-Sánchez

2023

SAGE Open

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Research has highlighted workplace bullying as a particular issue in the public sector, with bullied targets being subjected to the principal mainstays of workplace bullying behavior including aggressive behaviors, intimidation, and being forced into powerless, defenseless positions by largely managers [39,45]. Several studies have been undertaken worldwide outlining the prevalence of public sector workplace bullying, including in Australia, Sweden, and the UK [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56].…”

Section: Workplace Bullying In the Public Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several studies have been undertaken worldwide outlining the prevalence of public sector workplace bullying, including in Australia, Sweden, and the UK [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]. The full range of implications for public servants remains contested terrain, but there has been a reported increase in workplace bullying in the UK public sector [45], and also in the context of NPM [47,49,54,57]. Within the British context, workplace bullying has been analyzed in the context of profit maximization, and the centrality of worker exploitation in the capital-labor dynamic.…”

Section: Workplace Bullying In the Public Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Habermas, Relational Leadership, and Public Sector Workplace Bullying

Garvey

2024

ASM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Drawing upon Habermasian theory, this article endeavors to enhance understanding of how public sector changes resulting from the ascendancy of neoliberalism and New Public Management (NPM) have impacted negatively on public servants. It examines the growing corpus of research that has associated NPM with workplace bullying in the public sector, and focuses on the detrimental implications for organizational leadership. An alternative conception of what it means to lead people in the public sector is offered, supported by relational leadership literature. This article claims that extant leadership models in the public sector should be interpreted as being part of a wider ideological agenda. Specifically, conceptions of leadership have altered as a result of neoliberalism and NPM, and have become premised on managerialism instead of ethics, and the pursuit of market efficiency over public service principles. This article contends that relational leadership offers a preferable standpoint to the neoliberal conceptualization of public sector leadership, and recommends that further empirical research is undertaken to operationalize the benefits of relational leadership in the public sector, particularly in relation to ameliorating issues such as workplace bullying.

show abstract

“…Based on the previous research that shows that women and ethno-racial minorities are the most likely to be bullied, we propose a hypothesis that there is a relationship between ethno-racial group status and gender, and the reporting of bullying experiences – specifically that ethno-racial minority group workers, especially women, are significantly more likely to report bullying generally, and both personal and work-related bullying. In testing this hypothesis, we will control for other characteristics, such as age, job characteristics in terms of contract status, sector type (El Ghaziri et al, 2021), tenure, pay and occupation (Ortega et al, 2009), which have been shown to be related to the prevalence of bullying in general and specific bullying behaviours.…”

Section: Studies Of Workplace Bullying and Intersectional Pointsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Higher Rates of Bullying Reported by ‘White’ Males: Gender and Ethno-Racial Intersections and Bullying in the Workplace

Patel

Kamerāde

Carr

2022

Work, Employment and Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Existing workplace bullying literature suggests that ethno-racial minorities and women are more likely to be bullied in relation to their ethnicity, race or gender. However, very few studies apply an intersectional framework of analysis to consider, for instance, how ethno-racial status and gender interacts to affect general workplace bullying experiences and their reporting decisions. This article uses an intersectional analytical framework and a cross-sectional quantitative analysis of the British Workplace Behaviour Survey (2007–2008) to examine bullying in the workplace, as experienced by the intersections of ethno-racial status and gender. In discussing how some groups report particular dimensions of bullying more than others, this article closely examines the somewhat unexpected finding that ‘white’ men were significantly more likely to report instances of workplace bullying. This article argues for the use of an intersectional analytical approach to understand and progressively address the nuances of identity, power and workplace bullying experiences.

show abstract

Workplace Bullying in the Public Sector

Cited by 4 publications

References 65 publications

The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

Habermas, Relational Leadership, and Public Sector Workplace Bullying

Higher Rates of Bullying Reported by ‘White’ Males: Gender and Ethno-Racial Intersections and Bullying in the Workplace

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About