Workplace bullying, psychological hardiness, and accidents and injuries in nursing: A moderated mediation model.

ABSTRACT: Workplace bullying are prevalent among the nursing workforce. Consequences of workplace bullying include psychological stress and workplace accidents and injuries. Psychological hardiness is proposed as a buffer for workplace bullying and psychological stress on workplace accidents and injuries. This study adopted the Affective Events Theory and Conservation of Resources Theory to develop and test a moderated mediated model in two field studies. Study 1 (N = 286, Australian nurses) found support for the direct negative effect of workplace bullying on workplace accidents and injuries with psychological stress acting as the mediator. The mediation findings from Study 1 were replicated in Study 2 (N = 201, New Zealand nurses). In addition, Study 2 supplemented Study 1 by providing empirical s

SUBMITTER: Teo STT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793278 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature