The rates and relative risks of workplace bullying in Ireland, a country of high economic growth

Mona O’Moore, Jean Lynch, Niamh Nic Daeid

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2003, vol. 4, issue 1, 82-95

Abstract: A National Survey of the work force in Ireland was carried out in July 1999. 6.2% of respondents (N=1057) had been exposed to frequent bullying over the previous 12 months. Events involving significant change in their workplace environment coincided with the onset of bullying suggesting that change in workplace practice is a major factor in the onset of bullying. Growth rates for 22 occupational categories were calculated showing a wide range of increase and decline in the numbers (/100,000) of individuals working within these various groups. Normalised rates (/100,000) of bullying within these occupational groups illustrated a wide variation. Significant correlation (p<0.05) between the rates of change in occupation and the rate of bullying within these occupations was found. Gender specific relative risks of bullying were also calculated for each occupational group and showed large variations in the risk of bullying for men and women.

Keywords: economic growth; workplace bullying; change. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=2490 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

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:ids:ijmdma:v:4:y:2003:i:1:p:82-95

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Management and Decision Making from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().