An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between the Personal Factors of the Perpetrator and Workplace Bullying
Kajian Penerokaan Hubung-kait Antara Faktor-faktor Peribadi Pembuli dan Buli di Tempat Kerja

Department of Quantity Surveying
School of Housing, Building and Planning
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM Penang, MALAYSIA.

izzatihidzir@hotmail.com

Department of Quantity Surveying
School of Housing, Building and Planning
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM Penang, MALAYSIA.

masturaj@usm.my

Department of Quantity Surveying
School of Housing, Building and Planning
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM Penang, MALAYSIA.

alireza@hotmail.com

School of Distance Education
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM Penang, MALAYSIA.

norziani@usm.my

Abstract

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.

Keywords

job insecurity; personal factors; Workplace bullying
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2017-49-06

Citation

Hidzir, N. I., Jaafar, M., Jalali, A. J., & Dahalan, N. D. (2017). An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between the Personal Factors of the Perpetrator and Workplace Bullying. Jurnal Pengurusan, 49, 67–76. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2017-49-06

@article{hidzir2017exploratory,
  title={An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between the Personal Factors of the Perpetrator and Workplace Bullying},
  author={Hidzir, Nur ‘Izzati and Jaafar, Mastura and Jalali, Alireza and Dahalan, Norziani},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={49},
  number={},
  pages={67—76},
  year={2017},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2017-49-06},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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