Bullying and Work-Related Stress in the Irish Workplace

John Cullinan, Margaret Hodgins, Victoria Hogan, Michael McDermott and Sharon Walsh ()
Additional contact information
John Cullinan: Discipline of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway H91 CF50, Ireland
Margaret Hodgins: Discipline of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway H91 CF50, Ireland
Victoria Hogan: Discipline of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway H91 CF50, Ireland
Michael McDermott: BresMed Health Solutions, Dublin, Ireland and Discipline of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway H91 CF50, Ireland

Societies, 2019, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: Work-related stress is increasing in prevalence, with important consequences for employees, employers, the economy, and wider society. While previous research has identified a link between work-related stress and bullying, gaps remain in our understanding of the nature of the relationship. This article uses ordered logistic regression and nationally representative data on 5110 employees from Ireland to empirically analyse the distribution of subjective work-related stress and its relationship with bullying (self-reported). We also consider the role and importance of gender and the presence of a formal policy on respect and dignity at work, as well as the degree to which relationships between management and staff and between staff themselves are related to work-related stress. Amongst the main findings are that employees who reported that they were bullied were considerably more likely to report that they were often or always stressed, while bad and very bad relationships between management and staff were also significantly associated with greater stress, particularly for female employees. Overall, our findings have a range of implications for employees, employers, and policymakers.

Keywords: work-related stress; bullying; staff relationships; gender; ordered logit model; policy; Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/9/1/15/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/9/1/15/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:9:y:2019:i:1:p:15-:d:205557

Access Statistics for this article

Societies is currently edited by Ms. Farrah Sun

More articles in Societies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().