An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying

Many countries worldwide have considered workplace bullying as an important national agenda. This issue has been extensively discussed by scholars who have determined that bullying severely affects an organization. However, discussions on workplace bullying in the perspective of the perpetrators sti...

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Main Authors: Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir, Mastura Jaafar, Alireza Jalali, Norziani Dahalan
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11304/
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spelling ukm-113042018-01-24T13:40:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11304/ An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir, Mastura Jaafar, Alireza Jalali, Norziani Dahalan, Many countries worldwide have considered workplace bullying as an important national agenda. This issue has been extensively discussed by scholars who have determined that bullying severely affects an organization. However, discussions on workplace bullying in the perspective of the perpetrators still remain inadequate. This study aims to examine the relationship between the personal factors and job insecurity of the perpetrator with workplace bullying. It intends to understand the factors that contribute to workplace bullying among Malaysian workers. This research applied the quantitative method of data collection and used SmartPLS M2 version 2.0 to analyse data. The regression analysis showed that personal factors positively affected workplace bullying. In contrast, no significant relationship was found between job insecurity and workplace bullying. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11304/1/13763-60322-1-PB.pdf Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir, and Mastura Jaafar, and Alireza Jalali, and Norziani Dahalan, (2017) An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying. Jurnal Pengurusan, 49 . pp. 67-76. ISSN 0127-2713 http://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/975
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description Many countries worldwide have considered workplace bullying as an important national agenda. This issue has been extensively discussed by scholars who have determined that bullying severely affects an organization. However, discussions on workplace bullying in the perspective of the perpetrators still remain inadequate. This study aims to examine the relationship between the personal factors and job insecurity of the perpetrator with workplace bullying. It intends to understand the factors that contribute to workplace bullying among Malaysian workers. This research applied the quantitative method of data collection and used SmartPLS M2 version 2.0 to analyse data. The regression analysis showed that personal factors positively affected workplace bullying. In contrast, no significant relationship was found between job insecurity and workplace bullying.
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author Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir,
Mastura Jaafar,
Alireza Jalali,
Norziani Dahalan,
spellingShingle Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir,
Mastura Jaafar,
Alireza Jalali,
Norziani Dahalan,
An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying
author_facet Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir,
Mastura Jaafar,
Alireza Jalali,
Norziani Dahalan,
author_sort Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir,
title An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying
title_short An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying
title_full An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying
title_fullStr An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying
title_full_unstemmed An exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying
title_sort exploratory study on the relationship between the personal factors of the perpetrator and workplace bullying
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11304/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11304/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11304/1/13763-60322-1-PB.pdf
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