Surveying the Relationship between Strategic Thinking and Workplace Harassment

Subject Areas : River Basin Environment

Narges Mohebahari ¹ , Payam Makvandi ²

1 - M.A, Department of Management, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran (Correspondent)

Received: 2017-12-12 Accepted : 2018-02-06 Published : 2020-02-20

Keywords: Strategic Thinking, Workplace harassment, Shahid Tondgooyan petrochemical company,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between strategic thinking and workplace harassment in Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company through structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research included 141 managers of Shahid Tondgooyan petrochemical company, from whom 103 persons were selected through Cochran Formula. The sample of this research responded two standard questionnaires. Strategic thinking and its elements (based on Pisapia's model) are considered as independent variables and Workplace harassment and its elements (based on Leyman's model) are considered as dependent variables. Findings indicated that the relationship between strategic thinking and workplace harassment was negative and significant. Moreover, the analysis results revealed that: the element of systems thinking has effect on behavior threatening physical health and occupational situation; the relationship between reflecting and behavior threatening social contacts and physical health is significant; also, reframing has effect on behavior threatening communication, social contacts, personal reputation, and occupational situation.