Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to assess employee’s experiences of workplace
bullying in higher education institutes, its effects on intuition in terms of employees’
turnover intention. In order to meet these objectives, present study was carried out on 400
teachers (Male =200, Female =200) taken from 7 public sector universities of Lahore. Age
ranged of sample was between 24 to 60 years (M= 33.55, SD= 8.0). Purposive sampling
technique was used to collect the data. The present study used cross sectional design.
Workplace bullying scale and turnover intention scale with demographic information sheet
were individually administered. Data were analyzed using statistical package for the social
sciences version 20.0. Findings showed that 42% of teachers reported experiences of
workplace bulling in their respective institutions. Women had more exposure of bullying as
compared to men. Findings showed that person-related bullying positively and significantly
predicts turnover intention. Bullied teachers (M= 23.02, SD= 3.09) have more intention to
turnover as compared to the teachers who never exposed to bullying (M= 20.18, SD= 3.01),
(t = -2.58, p < .01. Gender differences were also explored and results showed that female
teachers have more intention to turnover as compared to male teachers.
Ambreen Anjum. (2018) Workplace Bullying and Turnover Intention among University Teachers, Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 5, Issue 2.
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