TITLE:
The Impact of Workplace Bullying on Employees’ Turnover Intention: The Role of Self-Esteem
AUTHORS:
Xiaohui Li, Xiaoqin Liu, Weizhen Chen
KEYWORDS:
Workplace Bullying, Self-Esteem, Turnover Intention, Moderating Role, Antecedents of Workplace Bullying
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.10,
September
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of self-esteem in
the relationship between workplace bullying and turnover intention in China.
Basing on 215 samples, this study examined the relationship among workplace
bullying, self-esteem and employees’
turnover intention. The results show that: self-esteem is negatively related to the probability
of reporting oneself as a target of workplace bullying; workplace bullying is an excellent predictor of employees’ turnover; self-esteem plays a
moderating role in the relationship between workplace bullying and turnover
intention. An improved understanding of how individual differences impact on
the exposure to workplace bullying and on the relationship between workplace
bullying and turnover intention may have important implications from both the
theoretical and the practical standpoints.