A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Studies on Workplace Bullying among Nurses

Haeyoung Lee, Young Mi Ryu, Mi Yu, Haejin Kim and Seieun Oh ()
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Haeyoung Lee: College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Young Mi Ryu: Department of Nursing, Baekseok University, Cheonan 31065, Korea
Mi Yu: College of Nursing, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National Universtiy, Jinju 52727, Korea
Haejin Kim: Department of Nursing, Changwon National University, Changwon 51140, Korea
Seieun Oh: College of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 21, 1-13

Abstract: This study aimed to further understand and compare the phenomenon of workplace bullying (WPB) among clinical nurses in various sociocultural contexts. The study sought to determine appropriate interventions, examining how said interventions should be delivered at individual, work-unit, and institutional levels. Qualitative meta-synthesis was chosen to achieve the study aims. Individual qualitative research findings were gathered, compared, and summarized using the thematic analysis suggested by Braun and Clark. Based on the predefined analytic points, the findings included the following themes: horizontal yet vertical violence, direct and indirect violence on victims, nurses feed on their own, accepting and condoning WPB embedded in ineffective work systems, and rippling over the entire organization. The results showed that the phenomenon of workplace bullying shares quite a few attributes across cultures in terms of the characteristics, types, perpetrators, subjects, and consequences. The findings suggest that interventions to change and improve organizational work culture must be developed and implemented.

Keywords: workplace bullying; horizontal violence; lateral violence; clinical nurses; qualitative meta-synthesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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