Workplace Bullying and Turnover Intention: Exploring Work Engagement as a Potential Mediator
Melinde Coetzee1, Jeannette van Dyk1
1Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
Abstract:
Employees' turnover intentions may entail expensive consequences for companies. The study examined the mediating effect of work engagement in the relationship between workplace bullying and turnover intention. Using a cross-sectional sample of 373 employees, structural equation modeling and mediation analysis showed that perceptions of work- and person-related bullying were linked to low levels of vigor and dedication which in turn were associated with high turnover intention. Work engagement partially mediated the effect of high workplace bullying on high turnover intention. The results were interpreted from a social cognitive perspective and recommendations for practice were made.
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