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The Effects of Personality on Workplace Bullying

Wilson, C. Jacob
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1511267002926255

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2013, Master of Arts (M.A.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Bullying in the workplace is an issue that has received very little attention from researchers; however, the limited research that does exist clearly indicates that the phenomenon can have detrimental effects on an organization. Moreover, research examining how personality is related to bullying has focused only on the personality of the target and not the instigator. The aim or this study was to examine instigators of workplace bullying to determine whether there was a relationship between personality factors according to the Big rive and the incidence or bullying. The sample consisted or 129 individuals who completed an online survey via Amazon Mechanical Turk. Data was analyzed using a Pearson Product Moment correlation to determine the relationship between bullying and personality. The results of this study provided support for all hypotheses. It was found that conscientiousness had a negative relationship with bullying. Agreeableness was determined to be negatively related to bullying as well. Lastly, neuroticism was determined to have a positive relationship with bullying. These results have many implications, the most important of which may be that they provide support for using personality assessments as part or a screening procedure for organizations so that workplace bullying can be effectively eradicated, or at least severely limited.
Mark Nagy, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
59 p.
Psychology
bullying; neuroticism; personality

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  • Wilson, C. J. (2013). The Effects of Personality on Workplace Bullying [Master's thesis, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1511267002926255

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wilson, C.. The Effects of Personality on Workplace Bullying . 2013. Xavier University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1511267002926255.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wilson, C.. "The Effects of Personality on Workplace Bullying ." Master's thesis, Xavier University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1511267002926255

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