Risk factors and mechanisms of bullying behaviors in the workplace: longitudinal study

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K21186
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Principal Investigator: Kizuki Masashi 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院医歯学総合研究科, 非常勤講師 (80431964)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: パワーハラスメント / 職場のソーシャルキャピタル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Undesirable behaviors in the workplace undermine the mental and physical health of workers, posing a public health concern. However, research on the factors that lead to these undesirable behaviors remains insufficient. This study compared two survey results of employee, revealing types of frequent undesirable behaviors in the workplace, associations between experiences of workplace harassment, witnessing or hearing about workplace harassment, bullying experiences in school, job demands, workplace social capital, self-esteem, and undesirable behaviors. It also highlighted significant associations between experiencing workplace harassment and depressive symptoms or suicidal thoughts, efforts to address workplace harassment in the workplace and experiences of harassment.

Free Research Field

産業保健

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

職場で好ましくない言動を行っていた人々は、そうでない人々と比べて、職場でのパワーハラスメントの経験や過去のいじめ経験、心理社会的特性が異なることが示され、いじめが連鎖する現象が、パワハラを含む職場での好ましくない言動にも存在する可能性が示唆された。社会全体でいじめやハラスメントを防止するための取り組みが、この連鎖を断ち切ることに貢献することが期待される。