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- Rosander, Michael, 1965-, et al.
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Workplace bullying and mental health problems in balanced and gender-dominated workplaces
- 2023
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Ingår i: Work & Stress. - : Taylor & Francis Ltd. - 0267-8373 .- 1464-5335. ; 37:3, s. 325-344
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigate risks of exposure to workplace bullying and related mental health outcomes for men and women when being in a gender minority as opposed to working in a gender-balanced working environment or when belonging to a gender majority. Based on a social identity perspective, we tested hypotheses about the risks of bullying and differences in the increase in mental health problems in a probability sample of the Swedish workforce in a prospective design. The results showed an increased risk of bullying and an increase in mental health problems as an outcome for men when in a gender minority, however, there were no corresponding risks for women. The risks for men were most obvious for person-related negative acts and for anxiety as an outcome. Social identity may clarify why a minority might be more at risk as well as the outcome it may lead to. Deviating from the group prototype may be perceived as a threat to the group alienating the target and opening up for sanctions. The observed gender differences may further be understood using social role theory. Men in female-dominated workplaces may deviate more from the expected traditional gender role and may be more susceptible to sanctions and suffer graver consequences as a result. The outcomes may be more severe if exposed to person-related acts compared to acts related to ones work.
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- Rosander, Michael, et al.
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Workplace bullying in a group context: are victim reports of working conditions representative for others at the workplace?
- 2024
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Ingår i: Work & Stress. - : TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. - 0267-8373 .- 1464-5335. ; 38:2, s. 115-134
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous research on psychosocial working conditions as risk factors of workplace bullying builds on the underlying assumption that targets subjective reports of their psychosocial working conditions are shared by their non-bullied colleagues. This study investigates differences in perceptions of such conditions by comparing the ratings from targets of bullying, witnesses, and non-witnesses in groups with at least one target, and groups free from bullying. We also examine if known work-related risk factors predict a group level estimate of bullying with the targets excluded from the analyses. Data included 2215 employees in 195 work groups from Sweden. Targets of bullying perceived the psychosocial working conditions more negatively compared to non-exposed colleagues. In addition, non-exposed in work groups with at least one target reported their working conditions more negatively than those working in groups free from bullying. Associations between examined working conditions and group levels of bullying were significant even when the targets were excluded from the analyses, albeit less strong. The results show that working conditions are risk factors of bullying, but also indicate that previous studies may have overestimated the associations. Future research should consider differences in perceptions of targets and non-targets when investigating work-related risk factors of bullying.
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