Testing the strain hypothesis of the Demand Control Model to explain severe bullying at work

Guy Notelaers, Elfi Baillien, Hans De Witte, Ståle Einarsen and Jeroen K Vermunt
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Guy Notelaers: Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, The Netherlands; University of Bergen, Norway
Elfi Baillien: HUBrussel, Belgium; Research Group Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Hans De Witte: Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Ståle Einarsen: University of Bergen, Norway
Jeroen K Vermunt: Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2013, vol. 34, issue 1, 69-87

Abstract: Workplace bullying has often been attributed to work-related stress, and has been linked to the Job Demand Control Model. The current study aims to further these studies by testing the model for bullying in a heterogeneous sample and by using latent class (LC)-analyses to define different demands and control groups and targets of severe bullying. High job demands were associated with a higher probability of being a target of severe bullying, which was particularly true for the very high job demands group. Low job control was also associated with a higher probability of being a target of severe bullying. Moreover, high job control buffered the negative effects of job demands on being a target of severe bullying, particularly when employees reported very little job control and high/very high job demands. Overall, the JDC-Model was supported, suggesting that being a target of severe bullying can be considered as a social behavioural strain.

Keywords: Belgium; job content; psychology; quality of work life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X12438742

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