Relationship between Organizational Bullying and Organizational Silence with the Mediating Role of Violations of the Psychological Contract
Subject Areas : Educationalreza sepahvand 1 , mohsen arefnezhad 2 , Fariborz Fathi Chgni 3 , masood sepahvand 4
1 - Professor, Faculty of Management and Economics, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management and Economics, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran
3 - Faculty of Management and Economics, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran
4 - Faculty of Management and Economics, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran.
Keywords: Organizational silence, Employees of Governmental Organizations, psychological contract violation, organizational bullying,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational bullying and employees' organizational silence with the mediating role of psychological contract violation in governmental organizations in Lorestan province. The study was practical in terms of purpose, relational in terms of research type, and structural formula in terms of modeling type. The statistical population of the study was 1317 employees of general offices of Lorestan province organizations based in the city of Khorramabad. Based on Morgan table, a sample size of 297 was selected by stratified random sampling. In order to measure the variables of the research, (Einarsen, Hoel & Notelaers',2009) Organizational Bullying Questionnaire, (Morrison and Robinson’s,2000) Psychological Contract Violation Questionnaire and (Brinsfield’s,2013) Organizational Silence Questionnaire were used. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha. For data analysis, structural equations modeling and PLS software have been used. The results indicate that organizational bullying both directly or through psychological contract violation increases the organizational silence of employees in governmental organizations of Lorestan province (P<0/05).
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