- Title
- The concurrent effects of workplace bullying, satisfaction with supervisor, and satisfaction with co-workers on affective commitment among schoolteachers in China
- Creator
- McCormack, Darcy; Casimir, Gian; Djurkovic, Nikola; Yang, Li
- Relation
- International Journal of Conflict Management Vol. 17, Issue 4, p. 316-331
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10444060610749473
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- Purpose: The paper seeks to examine the effects of workplace bullying, satisfaction with supervisor, and satisfaction with co-workers on affective commitment. Design/methodology/approach: A survey approach was used in this research. Partial least squares analyses on data from 142 full-time schoolteachers in China were used to determine whether workplace bullying, satisfaction with supervisor, and satisfaction with co-workers have unique effects on affective commitment. Findings: The paper reveals that workplace bullying has a significant negative correlation with affective commitment while satisfaction with supervisor and satisfaction with co-workers each have a significant positive correlation with affective commitment. Furthermore, workplace bullying, satisfaction with supervisor, and satisfaction with co-workers all have significant unique effects on affective commitment. Research limitations/implications: Limitations are the use of self-report and cross-sectional data. Future research could adopt samples from different industries, include multi-rater data, and a longitudinal research design. Various other workplace factors that may influence affective commitment could also be examined. Practical implications: The findings highlight the need for anti-bullying policies in organisations. Neither satisfaction with supervisor nor satisfaction with co-workers nullifies the negative effects of bullying on the target’s affective commitment. Preventing bullying is therefore fundamental to sustaining affective commitment. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the literature by providing an examination of the effects of workplace bullying, satisfaction with supervisor, and satisfaction with co-workers on affective commitment. To the authors’ knowledge, no workplace bullying research has been conducted previously in China.
- Subject
- workplace; bullying; job satisfaction; employees; teachers; China
- Identifier
- uon:6424
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/803572
- Identifier
- ISSN:1044-4068
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