Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies
Workplace bullying is common among nurses and negatively affects several work-related variables, such as job burnout and job satisfaction. However, no study until now has examined the impact of workplace bullying on quiet quitting among nurses. Thus, our aim was to examine the direct effect of workp...
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| author | Petros Galanis Ioannis Moisoglou Aglaia Katsiroumpa Maria Malliarou Irene Vraka Parisis Gallos Maria Kalogeropoulou Ioanna V. Papathanasiou |
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| description | Workplace bullying is common among nurses and negatively affects several work-related variables, such as job burnout and job satisfaction. However, no study until now has examined the impact of workplace bullying on quiet quitting among nurses. Thus, our aim was to examine the direct effect of workplace bullying on quiet quitting and to investigate the mediating effect of coping strategies on the relationship between workplace bullying and quiet quitting in nurses. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of 650 nurses in Greece. We collected our data in February 2024. We used the Negative Acts Questionnaire—Revised, the Quiet Quitting Scale, and the Brief COPE to measure workplace bullying, quiet quitting, and coping strategies, respectively. We found that workplace bullying and negative coping strategies were positive predictors of quiet quitting, while positive coping strategies were negative predictors of quiet quitting. Our mediation analysis showed that positive and negative coping strategies partially mediated the relationship between workplace bullying and quiet quitting. In particular, positive coping strategies caused competitive mediation, while negative coping strategies caused complimentary mediation. Nurses’ managers and policy makers should improve working conditions by reducing workplace bullying and strengthening positive coping strategies among nurses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-103697dad67c410aaa9f7ae50b8028eb2024-04-12T13:19:03ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322024-04-0112779710.3390/healthcare12070797Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping StrategiesPetros Galanis0Ioannis Moisoglou1Aglaia Katsiroumpa2Maria Malliarou3Irene Vraka4Parisis Gallos5Maria Kalogeropoulou6Ioanna V. Papathanasiou7Clinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceFaculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, GreeceClinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceFaculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Radiology, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, 11527 Athens, GreeceClinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceClinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceFaculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, GreeceWorkplace bullying is common among nurses and negatively affects several work-related variables, such as job burnout and job satisfaction. However, no study until now has examined the impact of workplace bullying on quiet quitting among nurses. Thus, our aim was to examine the direct effect of workplace bullying on quiet quitting and to investigate the mediating effect of coping strategies on the relationship between workplace bullying and quiet quitting in nurses. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of 650 nurses in Greece. We collected our data in February 2024. We used the Negative Acts Questionnaire—Revised, the Quiet Quitting Scale, and the Brief COPE to measure workplace bullying, quiet quitting, and coping strategies, respectively. We found that workplace bullying and negative coping strategies were positive predictors of quiet quitting, while positive coping strategies were negative predictors of quiet quitting. Our mediation analysis showed that positive and negative coping strategies partially mediated the relationship between workplace bullying and quiet quitting. In particular, positive coping strategies caused competitive mediation, while negative coping strategies caused complimentary mediation. Nurses’ managers and policy makers should improve working conditions by reducing workplace bullying and strengthening positive coping strategies among nurses.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/7/797bullyingquiet quittingnursesworkplacecoping strategiesmediation analysis |
| spellingShingle | Petros Galanis Ioannis Moisoglou Aglaia Katsiroumpa Maria Malliarou Irene Vraka Parisis Gallos Maria Kalogeropoulou Ioanna V. Papathanasiou Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies Healthcare bullying quiet quitting nurses workplace coping strategies mediation analysis |
| title | Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies |
| title_full | Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies |
| title_short | Impact of Workplace Bullying on Quiet Quitting in Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies |
| title_sort | impact of workplace bullying on quiet quitting in nurses the mediating effect of coping strategies |
| topic | bullying quiet quitting nurses workplace coping strategies mediation analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/7/797 |
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