Stress and nurses’ horizontal mobbing: moderating effects of group identity and group support

Publié le 21 juillet 2014 • Catégorie(s) : Conditions de travail et santé psychologique • Mot(s) clef(s) : personnel infirmier

Auteur    Gabriela Topa
Auteur    Juan A Moriano
Volume    61
Numéro    3
Pages    e25-31
Publication    Nursing outlook
Date    2013 May-Jun
Résumé    Horizontal mobbing is a process of systematic and repeated aggression towards a worker by coworkers. Among others, stress has been pointed out as one of the antecedents that favors the onset of horizontal mobbing, whereas group support to the target could act as a buffer. Moreover, the social identity approach emphasizes that group identity is an antecedent of group support. This study explores the interaction of group support and group identity in the explanation of horizontal mobbing in a sample (N = 388) of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses employed at two large hospitals in Madrid and Navarre (Spain). The results show that stress is positively associated to horizontal mobbing, whereas group support and group identity were negative predictors of horizontal mobbing. Furthermore, the combination of low group identity and low group support precipitated HM among nurses.