The impact of workplace bullying on hotel employees’ well-being: Do organizational justice and friendship matter?
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
ISSN: 0959-6119
Article publication date: 13 February 2019
Issue publication date: 30 April 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effects of organizational justice and workplace friendship on the relationship between workplace bullying and hotel employees’ well-being.
Design/methodology/approach
The research sample included 310 entry-level employees of international tourism hotels in Taiwan. This study adopted hierarchical regression for data analysis.
Findings
The study found that workplace bullying negatively impacted on hotel employees’ well-being. Organizational justice and workplace friendship had significantly positive effects on hotel employees’ well-being. Compared with workplace friendship, organizational justice had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between workplace bullying and hotel employees’ well-being.
Originality/value
In the research fields of hospitality, past studies failed to use organizational justice and workplace friendship to moderate the relationship between workplace bullying and hotel employees’ well-being. This study confirmed that organizational justice could effectively buffer the negative effect of workplace bullying on hotel employees’ well-being.
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Citation
Hsu, F.-S., Liu, Y.-a. and Tsaur, S.-H. (2019), "The impact of workplace bullying on hotel employees’ well-being: Do organizational justice and friendship matter?", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 1702-1719. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-04-2018-0330
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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