Hiding in plain sight: Experiences of direct and indirect bulllying in the Philippine industrial setting

• Main Authors: Aradillos, Marco Gabriel H., Borbon, Ada Faye C., De Luna, Angelica June K., Garcia, Juan Gabriel J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Bullying in the workplace > Philippines; Work environment > Philippines; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6455
• Institution: De La Salle University

Workplace bullying is deemed as detrimental to various organizations with regards to their productivity, profit, and overall organizational relations. The current study observes significant effects between workplace bullying, workplace anxiety, and job satisfaction in various Philippine workplace settings. It is hypothesized that: (1) workplace bullying is positively correlated with workplace anxiety, and that (2) workplace anxiety is negatively correlated with job satisfaction. The study also investigates which type of bullying (direct/indirect) has more detrimental effects. This connotes an environment-dependent approach towards analyzing the effects of bullying with anxiety and job satisfaction as outcomes. The data was obtained through an online questionnaire consisting of three scales that measure an individual's experience of workplace bullying, workplace anxiety, and job satisfaction. The participants consisted of 250 Filipino citizens from different organizations, 125 of whom have had experiences of bullying and the other 125 have not. The results of the study were interpreted through correlational analyses. Although the first hypothesis was rejected, the main findings indicate that there is a negatiive correlation between workplace bullying and job satisfaction as well as for workplace anxiety and job satisfaction. Additionally, it has been found that direct bullying has a slightly higher negative correlation with job satisfaction than that of indirect bullying. Despite some insignificant effects, most findings are consistent with findings of previous literature and as contributory evidence to organizations that the occurence of job dissatisfaction may be due to workplace bullying.