Towards a sustainable workplace: investigating workplace cyberbullying and its relationship with employee wellbeing and intention to stay in remote and hybrid work settings

Nimitha Aboobaker, V. Shanujas
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Abstract

Purpose

The advent of information and communication technologies in workplace settings has broadened the range of bullying behaviours that can manifest in the digital realm. However, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the impact of situational factors on employees' perceived cyberbullying within the workplace framework. Broadly, this study aims to investigate the effects of workplace cyberbullying on employees' wellbeing at work and their intention to stay with the organization, across two groups of employees: those who work in a fully remote mode and those employed in hybrid work arrangements.

Design/methodology/approach

The current descriptive and time-lagged study was conducted among a sample of 373 employees who work in the information technology sector in India, in either fully-remote or hybrid mode. The study utilized self-report questionnaires, which employed previously validated questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling and multi-group analysis using IBM SPSS, AMOS, and STATs Tools Package.

Findings

The results demonstrate that cyberbullying negatively affects wellbeing at work and employees' intentions to stay with the organization. Remote-work employees experienced higher effects of workplace cyberbullying on their wellbeing at work. Also, the indirect effect of wellbeing at work was more pronounced and influential among remote work employees than hybrid work employees, suggesting the need for tailored support and resources for remote workers. Multi-group analysis across employees working in remote and hybrid work arrangements revealed that the relationship between workplace cyber-bullying and wellbeing at work is statistically stronger for remote-work employees.

Originality/value

This study represents a novel approach to developing and evaluating a theoretical model that explores the relationship between workplace cyberbullying, wellbeing at work, and the intention to stay with the organization within the context of remote/hybrid work arrangements. The findings offer theoretical and practical implications regarding the impact of workplace cyberbullying on job outcomes and aim to bridge a gap in current research. Particularly, the study highlights the positive outcomes of hybrid work over remote work and offers recommendations to mitigate the negative experiences among employees who work remotely.

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实现可持续的工作场所:调查工作场所网络欺凌及其与远程和混合工作环境中员工福利和留任意愿的关系
目的 工作场所中信息和通信技术的出现扩大了数字领域中欺凌行为的范围。然而,目前还缺乏有关情境因素对员工感知到的工作场所网络欺凌的影响的知识。从广义上讲,本研究旨在调查工作场所网络欺凌对两类员工(完全远程模式的员工和混合工作安排的员工)的工作幸福感及其留在组织中的意愿的影响。 设计/方法/途径 本研究采用描述性和时滞性方法,对印度信息技术部门的 373 名完全远程或混合模式的员工进行了抽样调查。研究采用了自我报告问卷,其中使用了之前经过验证的问卷。使用 IBM SPSS、AMOS 和 STATs 工具包,通过结构方程建模和多组分析对假设进行了检验。远程工作的员工受到的工作场所网络欺凌对其工作幸福感的影响更大。此外,工作幸福感的间接影响在远程工作员工中比混合工作员工更明显、影响更大,这表明需要为远程工作员工提供量身定制的支持和资源。对远程和混合工作安排的员工进行的多组分析表明,在统计上,远程工作员工的工作场所网络欺凌与工作幸福感之间的关系更强。 原创性/价值 本研究采用了一种新颖的方法来开发和评估一个理论模型,该模型探讨了远程/混合工作安排背景下工作场所网络欺凌、工作幸福感和留在组织中的意愿之间的关系。研究结果为工作场所网络欺凌对工作结果的影响提供了理论和实践意义,旨在弥补当前研究的不足。特别是,研究强调了混合工作相对于远程工作的积极成果,并为减轻远程工作员工的负面经历提出了建议。
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期刊介绍: ■Organisational design and methods ■Performance management ■Performance measurement tools and techniques ■Process analysis, engineering and re-engineering ■Quality and business excellence management Articles can address these topics theoretically or empirically through either a descriptive or critical approach. The co-Editors support articles that significantly bring new knowledge to the area both for academics and practitioners. The material for publication in IJPPM should be written in a manner which makes it accessible to its entire wide-ranging readership. Submissions of highly technical or mathematically-oriented papers are discouraged.
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