Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support

Workplace bullying is an anti-social behaviour which is defined as continuous harassment or “mobbing” of individual employee experienced for a relatively longer period of time. This may take several forms such as constant abuse, offensive remarks or teasing, ridicule, social exclusion, harassment,...

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Main Authors:	Hassan, Arif, Sadiq Al Bir, Ahmad Talib, Hashim, Junaidah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5549 Personnel management
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/1/45213.pdf

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spelling	iium-452132015-10-23T09:01:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/ Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support Hassan, Arif Sadiq Al Bir, Ahmad Talib Hashim, Junaidah HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5549 Personnel management Workplace bullying is an anti-social behaviour which is defined as continuous harassment or “mobbing” of individual employee experienced for a relatively longer period of time. This may take several forms such as constant abuse, offensive remarks or teasing, ridicule, social exclusion, harassment, physical violence etc. The situation may be damaging to the wellbeing and job performance of the employee. However, if the organisation provided necessary support to the employee the effect of bullying could be mitigated. The paper examines these issues in selected Malaysian organisations. A sample of 231 employees representing different industry, size, gender, age, experience and job position responded to a self-rated questionnaire which measured the study variables, namely workplace bullying, psychological strain, self-rated job performance, and organisational support. Result indicated that nearly 14 % employees faced bullying incidents either weekly or daily. Such incidents resulted in higher psychological strain and lower job performance. Role of psychological support was positive in promoting performance and reducing strain. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/1/45213.pdf Hassan, Arif and Sadiq Al Bir, Ahmad Talib and Hashim, Junaidah (2015) Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support. In: 13th Eurasia Business Economics Society Conference (EBES), 5th-7th June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-15880-8_3
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spellingShingle	HF5001 Business. Business Administration HF5549 Personnel management Hassan, Arif Sadiq Al Bir, Ahmad Talib Hashim, Junaidah Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support
description	Workplace bullying is an anti-social behaviour which is defined as continuous harassment or “mobbing” of individual employee experienced for a relatively longer period of time. This may take several forms such as constant abuse, offensive remarks or teasing, ridicule, social exclusion, harassment, physical violence etc. The situation may be damaging to the wellbeing and job performance of the employee. However, if the organisation provided necessary support to the employee the effect of bullying could be mitigated. The paper examines these issues in selected Malaysian organisations. A sample of 231 employees representing different industry, size, gender, age, experience and job position responded to a self-rated questionnaire which measured the study variables, namely workplace bullying, psychological strain, self-rated job performance, and organisational support. Result indicated that nearly 14 % employees faced bullying incidents either weekly or daily. Such incidents resulted in higher psychological strain and lower job performance. Role of psychological support was positive in promoting performance and reducing strain.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Hassan, Arif Sadiq Al Bir, Ahmad Talib Hashim, Junaidah
author_facet	Hassan, Arif Sadiq Al Bir, Ahmad Talib Hashim, Junaidah
author_sort	Hassan, Arif
title	Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support
title_short	Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support
title_full	Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support
title_fullStr	Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support
title_full_unstemmed	Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support
title_sort	workplace bullying in malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45213/1/45213.pdf
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Workplace bullying in Malaysia: incidence, consequences and role of organisational support

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