Workplace Bullying In Malaysia

3 3 prevalence of workplace bullying in malaysia few studies have addressed the issue of this anti social behaviour in malaysia.

Workplace bullying in malaysia. A sample of 231 randomly selected respondents participated in the study. They represented both the public and private sectors and several industry and. Patah abdullah zahari and radzi 2010 published a study about workplace bullying experiences emotional dissonance and subsequent intentions to pursue a career in the hospitality industry. Nowadays workplace bullying is when workers are not given proper protection not enrolled to social security socso and employee provident fund epf face sexual harassment and violation of.

Scandinavian journal of work and environment and health 279 1 63 69. Bullying in the workplace was measured using the negative acts questionnaire naq r developed by einarsen et al 2003. This is especially so in singapore where long hours of work is a norm. However mtuc continuously receives reports from all over malaysia about bullying at the workplace.

Methodology 3 0 introduction 3 1. Workplace bullying is linked to stress related health issues as well as socioeconomic consequences which may include absenteeism due to sick days and unemployment. 1little is known of the extent of workplace bullying in malaysia despite its growing recognition worldwide as a serious public health issue in the workplace. International islamic university malaysia department of business administration p o.

It has detrimental effects on an individual s psychological wellbeing and is related to issues of anxiety low self esteem psychiatric damage and even suicide. 2 5 the current workplace bullying scenario in malaysia and 39 cultural differences 2 5 1 bullying in malaysia 39 2 5 2 malaysian work culture 40 2 5 3 cultural differences in the conceptualisation of bullying 42 2 4 conclusion 44 chapter 3. Workplace bullying is a behaviour perceived as intentionally negative malicious persistent and consistent with the desire to control. In malaysia we don t have empirical data on the bullying issue.

8 minutes workplace bullying is more common than you think. We sought to examine the prevalence of workplace bullying and its. This paper aims at investigating the prevalence of workplace bullying and the frequency of its negative acts in malaysia. A 2016 survey conducted by roffey park a leadership institute based in singapore and the uk revealed that singaporean employees spend even more time at work than their hong kong and china counterparts.

It is often said that the office is a second home. Box 10 jalan gombak 50728 kuala lumpur malaysia abstract this paper aims at investigating the prevalence of workplace bullying and the frequency of its negative acts in malaysia.