@article{ref1,
title="Exposure to workplace bullying: the role of coping strategies in dealing with work stressors",
journal="BioMed research international",
year="2017",
author="Van den Brande, Whitney and Baillien, Elfi and Vander Elst, Tinne and De Witte, Hans and Van den Broeck, Anja and Godderis, Lode",
volume="2017",
number="",
pages="e1019529-e1019529",
abstract="Studies investigating both work- and individual-related antecedents of workplace bullying are scarce. In reply, this study investigated the interaction between workload, job insecurity, role conflict, and role ambiguity (i.e., work-related antecedents), and problem- and emotion-focused coping strategies (i.e., individual-related antecedents) in association with exposure to workplace bullying. Problem-focused coping strategies were hypothesised to decrease (i.e., buffer) the associations between workload, job insecurity, role conflict, and role ambiguity and exposure to bullying, while emotion-focused coping strategies were hypothesised to increase (i.e., amplify) these associations. <br><br>RESULTS for a heterogeneous sample (N = 3,105) did not provide evidence for problem-focused coping strategies as moderators. As expected, some emotion-focused coping strategies amplified the associations between work-related antecedents and bullying: employees using &quot;focus on and venting of emotions&quot; or &quot;behavioural disengagement&quot; in dealing with job insecurity, role conflict, or role ambiguity were more likely to be exposed to bullying. Similarly, &quot;seeking social support for emotional reasons&quot; and &quot;mental disengagement&quot; amplified the associations of role ambiguity and the associations of both role conflict and role ambiguity, respectively. To prevent bullying, organisations may train employees in tempering emotion-focused coping strategies, especially when experiencing job insecurity, role conflict, or role ambiguity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2314-6133",
doi="10.1155/2017/1019529",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1019529"
}