Workplace Bullying among Public Sector Employees: Reflections upon Organizational Justice Perceptions and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

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2017-03-01

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ÖZTÜRK, DENİZ
Aşcıgil, Semra Feriha

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This study aims to explore the influence of workplace bullying incidences on both targets and bystanders with respect to their perceptions of organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. Responses from 288 white-collar public employees revealed that one third of the participants stated themselves as be, ing exposed to workplace bullying behavior in the last six months. As hypothesized, findings support the view that workplace bullying experience plays a significant negative role in organizational justice and citizenship behavior perceptions. Moreover, a significant negative effect is also found on justice perceptions and citizenship behavior of bystanders. Subjective evaluations did not reveal a significant effect in both cases.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34724

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Professional and Business Ethics Journal

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https://doi.org/10.5840/bpej2016122752

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D. ÖZTÜRK and S. F. Aşcıgil, “Workplace Bullying among Public Sector Employees: Reflections upon Organizational Justice Perceptions and Organizational Citizenship Behavior,” Professional and Business Ethics Journal, pp. 103–126, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34724.