| Abstract [eng] |
Bullying at work is a serious problem which creates negative outcome for the victim and the organization. Even though it has been broadly researched, it is not quite understood yet and there are many discussions raised on this topic. The relations between bullying at work and victim‘s personal traits are raising many questions. Looking from the other angle, people who were bullied at work do react to it and use different coping responses. It is important to understand what coping responses people who were bullied at work choose and with what factors this option is connected. The more it is known about bullying at work, the better solutions can be found to solve it. The purpose of this research is to measure the relations between bullying at work and personal traits. NEO PI-R personality questionnaire was used to study the personal traits, and Negative act questionnaire NAQ was used to examine bullying at work. Moreover, respondents were given propositions about bullying at work coping responses. The results show that personality traits of people who were bullied at work and people who were not, are different. In comparison, people who were bullied at work are more neurotically and less conscious. After analyzing the coping with bullying at work it was found that accepting the situation is one of victim chosen coping responses, and it is positively related to neuroticism and agreeableness, and negatively related to extraversion and openness to experience dimentions. At the same time, one of victim chosen coping response to talk with offender is positively related to assertiveness, positive emotions, and negatively related to vulnerability and straightforwardness scales. Moreover, it was found that consideration to leave the job and accepting the situation for what it is, is positively related to intensity of bullying at work, and talking to the offender about the situation is positively related to good relationships with the colleagues. |
