Mitigation of Workplace Bullying by Increasing Awareness of the Negative Impact It Causes on Employee Behavior

Andriyani Andriyani; M. Ilmawan Rafif W; Bimo Suryo Wicaksono

doi:10.23960/jbm.v19i1.924

Andriyani Andriyani Universitas Diponegoro
M. Ilmawan Rafif W
Bimo Suryo Wicaksono

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23960/jbm.v19i1.924

Keywords: Workplace Bullying, Anxiety, Emotional Exhaustion, Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory

Abstract

Workplace bullying can be a significant risk factor for employee depression. Bullying at work can result in anxiety disorders. One of the long-term implications of workplace bullying is the beginnings of hostility among workers/employees, which can disrupt a person's emotional balance and have an impact on mental and physical health, causing emotional exhaustion. According to the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, intimidation can lead to increased levels of emotional exhaustion and affect employee performance at work, disrupting the organization's overall performance. As a result, the importance of raising awareness about the negative effects of workplace bullying on organizational health is emphasized in this study. The impact of mitigation efforts can begin immediately to avoid damaging it by instilling anxiety and emotional exhaustion in employees, which have a negative impact on organizational performance. Employees from the food industry in Semarang were used as samples, and they were processed using SmartPLS. According to the findings, workplace bullying has a significant positive effect on the occurrence of anxiety and emotional exhaustion in employees. As a result, every company must begin to pay attention to the negative impacts it has and mitigate them through a variety of solutions.

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