Impact of workplace bullying on general health of employees In government and private sectors of pakistan
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2016
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UMT.Lahore
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The aim of present study is to explorer the impact of workplace bullying on general health of employees in Government and private sector of Pakistan. It also aims at exploring the workplace bullying in relation to poor general health outcomes across both genders. It was hypothesized that workplace bullying likely to have significant impact on general health of employees and employees in government sector show more bullying as compare to private sector .Further, men are more likely to be bullied than their counterparts. In cross sectional study, 113 men and 72 women age ranges from 18 to 67 are selected through convenient sampling technique. The tools which were selected for data collection are NAQ negative act questionnaire to measure the act of bullying at workplace and GHQ general health questionnaire is used to measure the general health of employees. The result of this study show significant positive correlation of work related bullying with general health problems. Men face more bullying in government sector of Pakistan as compare to women. It was concluded that workplace bullying is a significant predictor of general health problem in employees who work in government and private sector of Pakistan. The present study supplements the findings of the previous studies. The most important findings of the study is that men face more workplace bullying as compare to women in government sector of Pakistan.