Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Workplace bullying is gradually being identified as a serious problem in the \nwork environment. Acknowledging this problem, a number of studies has been \nconducted to overcome this problem. However, the previous studies were focussing \non different fields and industries. Only a few studies were focussing on workplace \nbullying in a construction project. However, studies on workplace bullying in \nconstruction projects remain scarce, particularly from the subcontractors’ \nperspectives. There are three objectives in this study. First, to examine the \nrelationship of bullying factors (main contractors’ leadership, work organisation and \njob design and construction culture) and bullying among the subcontractors (workbased \nbullying and physical-based bullying) in construction projects. Second, to \nanalyse the relationship between bullying factors (main contractors’ leadership, work \norganisation and work design and construction culture) and bullying among the \nsubcontractors (work-based bullying and physical-based bullying) towards the \nsubcontractors’ intention to quit from the construction projects. Third, to examine the \nrelationship of bullying mediation among the subcontractors (work-based bullying \nand physical-based bullying) and bullying factors (main contractor leadership, work \norganisation and job design and construction culture) and the intention to quit. A \nquestionnaire survey was administered to collect data among the contractors G6 and \nG7 (n=210) across Peninsular Malaysia. For the data analysis, Partial Least Squares \n– Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was used by using the Smart PLS \nsoftware.
Author: Nur ‘Izzati Hidzir
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3135777727