Sayed Rahim Savafi Mirmahalleh; Shabnam Zarjou; Fatemeh Pour Sobhan Doraghi; Mohammad Keshavarz
Abstract
Introduction
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational bullying on loneliness of employee with the mediating role of abusive supervision and emotional blackmail.
Method
This study was performed in terms of applied purpose, descriptive type, and survey method. The ...
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Introduction
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational bullying on loneliness of employee with the mediating role of abusive supervision and emotional blackmail.
Method
This study was performed in terms of applied purpose, descriptive type, and survey method. The participants were 212 employees of sport organizations in Semnan, who were selected by the census sampling method. The Partial Least Squares method and Smart PLS2 software were used for data analysis. Convergent validity was used for testing validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for all research variables were more than 0.7.
Results
The results indicated that organizational bullying with a path coefficient of 0.44 has a positive and significant effect on loneliness feeling of employees in the organization. The findings also showed positive and significant effects of organizational bullying on abusive supervision with a path coefficient of 0.64, and emotional blackmail with a path coefficient of 0.50. Also, abusive supervision and emotional blackmail with path coefficients of 0.42 and 0.38 respectively, had positive and significant effects on feeling of loneliness of employees in the organization. The mediating role of abusive supervision and emotional blackmail between organizational bullying and loneliness of employees also confirmed.
Discussion
If organizational bullying is prevalent in an organization, managers will show more abusive supervision and emotional blackmail, which in turn leads to employees’ feeling of loneliness in organizations. On the other hand, if managers have behaviors based on trust and respect, they will not seek emotional blackmail from their subordinates, so organizational control and supervision will improve employee performance and productivity. This in turn can reduce the feeling of loneliness of employees in sport organizations.
