The Relationship between Organizational Environment and Perpetrators’ Physical and Psychological State: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study

Gülüm Özer, Yannick Griep and Jordi Escartín
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Gülüm Özer: Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Yannick Griep: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Behavioral Science Institute of Radboud University, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Jordi Escartín: Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: Although job-related work environment studies found associations to workplace bullying perpetration, little work with longitudinal designs has been conducted on broader organizational measures, which may help design effective interventions for perpetration. Using a three-wave longitudinal design and drawing on Conservation of Resources Theory, we investigated whether organizational trust and justice predicted perpetration six months later. The sample consisted of 2447 employees from Spain and Turkey from various industries, such as services, manufacturing, and education. We also investigated whether physical and psychological health explained the relationship between organizational trust, justice, and perpetration. The results indicated that, in three months, organizational justice negatively predicted psychological and physical health deterioration, while unexpectedly, organizational trust positively predicted the same. Health conditions did not predict perpetration, in three months, while organizational conditions did not predict perpetration directly or indirectly in six months. Assessing and improving organizational trust and justice practices may help employee health improve over time. As organizational trust, justice, and health status are significantly related to current perpetration incidents, assessments of these subjects may be instrumental in identifying possible current perpetration phenomena.

Keywords: workplace bullying perpetration; organizational trust; organizational justice; longitudinal; psychological distress; physical symptoms (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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