How does workplace bullying lead to employee compulsory citizenship behavior and affect spouse well-being? Anger as the mediating role

Workplace bullying is a serious problem in organizations. This study examined the effects of workplace bullying on compulsory citizenship behavior in the work domain and spousal well-being in the family domain. Workplace bullying was viewed as a reality in organizations, and individuals' judgments concerning various features of their workplace situations were considered. We hypothesized that employees' experiences of workplace bullying influence their compulsory citizenship behavior and cross over to influence their spouses' well-being through anger. A total of 796 employee-spouse dyads from a large manufacturing industry and a public sector institution in Taiwan were selected as participants. A time-lag study design and two different sources (employees and their spouses) were utilized to reduce common method bias. The results demonstrate that workplace bullying is significantly related to compulsory citizenship behavior, anger, and spousal well-being. In addition, anger is an important mediator between workplace bullying and its consequences, both at work and at home. These findings have implications for better understanding employee conditions and their associations with social issues in the workplace.

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This study examined the effects of workplace bullying on compulsory citizenship behavior in the work domain and spousal well-being in the family domain. The results showed that workplace bullying is significantly related to compulsory citizenship behavior, anger, and spousal well-being. Anger was found to mediate the relationship between workplace bullying and its consequences. These findings have implications for better understanding employee conditions and their associations with social issues in the workplace.