Impact Of Workplace Bullying On Work Engagement: Mediating Role Of Organizational Commitment

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between workplace bullying and work engagement among teachers of public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, while considering organizational commitment as a mediator. Data were collected from 394 teachers of four public sector universities, namely, University of Malakand, University of Swat, University of Peshawar and Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Amos and SPSS were the statistical tools used to help in analyzing the data. The results revealed a significant negative relationship between workplace bullying and organizational commitment, workplace bullying and work engagement while a positive relationship between organizational commitment and work engagement was revealed. Workplace bullying's influence on work engagement diminished when organizational commitment was included as a mediator; as a result, the coefficient dropped from -0.49 to -0.26. Thus organizational commitment was proved to be a partial mediator in the relationship between workplace bullying and work engagement.