Exploring the Workplace Bullying of Indonesian Caregivers and Its Influencing Factors in Taiwan

Yun-Ping Lu, Bih-O Lee, Chih-Kuang Liu and Ke-Hsin Chueh
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Yun-Ping Lu: Department of Nursing, Yeezen General Hospital, Yangmei District, Taoyuan City 326, Taiwan
Bih-O Lee: College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
Chih-Kuang Liu: College of Management, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24352, Taiwan
Ke-Hsin Chueh: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: Background: Bullying can pose a risk to the health and safety of humans, including the risk of damage to the emotional, psychosocial, mental, or physical health of employees in the workplace. In this study, we aimed to understand the personal characteristics, mental health, sleep quality, and workplace bullying status of Indonesian caregivers and explore the influencing factors of workplace bullying among them. Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on a structured questionnaire in Indonesian, which was designed to collect the data of essential personal characteristics, workplace bullying, sleep quality, and mental health using the Indonesian versions of the Negative Acts Questionnaire–Revised (NAQ-R), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Brief Symptoms Rating Scale (BSRS-5). Results: A total of 60.9% of Indonesian caregivers never experienced workplace bullying in Taiwan. A multiple regression analysis revealed that being a household caregiver ( β = 0.14, p = 0.021), sleep quality ( β = 0.18, p = 0.031), and mental health ( β = 0.44, p < 0.001) were significantly correlated with the overall workplace bullying scores of the respondents and revealed that these three variables explained 45% of the variance. Conclusions: Taiwan Indonesian caregivers have a similar workplace bullying rate to Indonesian employees in the workplace. This study indicated the relationships among the workplace bullying of foreign caregivers and demonstrated that being a household caregiver, sleep quality, and mental health were closely related.

Keywords: Indonesian caregivers; workplace bullying; sleep quality; mental health (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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