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Antecedents of ethical infrastructures

against workplace bullying
Kari Einarsen, Denise Salin, Ståle Valvatne Einarsen, Anders Skogstad, Reidar Johan Mykletun
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Personnel Review
ISSN: 0048-3486
(International
Publication date: 1 April 2019
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Purpose
Drawing on the resource-based view, the purpose of this paper is to
examine the extent to which the level of the organization’s human
resource management (HRM) practices, perceived nancial
resources and organizational size predict the existence of a well-
developed ethical infrastructure against workplace bullying.

Design/methodology/approach
The human resource (HR) managers or the main health and safety
representatives (HSRs) in 216 Norwegian municipalities responded
to an electronic survey, representing some 50 percent of the
municipalities.

Findings
The level of high-quality HRM practice predicted the existence of an
ethical infrastructure against workplace bullying, particularly
informal systems represented by a strong con ict management
climate. Perceived nancial resources did not predict the existence
of such ethical infrastructure. Organizational size predicted the
existence of policies and having training against bullying.

Practical implications
This study informs practitioners about organizational resources
associated with organization having a well-developed ethical
infrastructure against workplace bullying. A high level of high-quality
HRM practices seems to be more important for the existence of a
well-developed ethical infrastructure against workplace bullying
compared to nancial resources and organizational size, at least as
perceived by HR managers and HSRs.

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This study provides empirical evidence for the importance of having

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existence of ethical infrastructure to tackle workplace bullying. An
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not dependent on distal resources, such as organizational size and
perceived nancial resources.

Keywords
HRM practices Workplace bullying Psychosocial work environment

Ethical infrastructure Formal systems Informal systems

Citation
Einarsen, K., Salin, D., Einarsen, S., Skogstad, A. and Mykletun, R.
(2019), "Antecedents of ethical infrastructures against workplace
bullying", Personnel Review, Vol. 48 No. 3, pp. 672-690.
https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2017-0303
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