Descriptive study of workplace demand, control and bullying among migrant and Australian-born workers by gender: does workplace support make a difference?
dc.contributor.author | Reid, Alison | |
dc.contributor.author | Daly, Alison | |
dc.contributor.author | LaMontagne, A.D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Milner, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ronda Pérez, E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-14T07:57:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-14T07:57:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Reid, A. and Daly, A. and LaMontagne, A.D. and Milner, A. and Ronda Pérez, E. 2020. Descriptive study of workplace demand, control and bullying among migrant and Australian-born workers by gender: does workplace support make a difference? BMJ open. 10 (6): pp. e033652-. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90930 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033652 | |
dc.description.abstract |
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between bullying in migrants and Australians and types of workplace Iso-strain, by gender. DESIGN AND SETTING: Two descriptive cross-sectional surveys of the Australian working population. PARTICIPANTS: Australian-born workers of Caucasian ancestry (n=1051, participant response rate=87.3%) and workers born in New Zealand (n=566), India (n=633) and the Philippines (n=431) (participant response rate=79.5%). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES MEASURES: Using logistic regression, we examined whether self-reported assessment of various forms of bullying in the workplace was associated with Iso-strain (job with high demands and low control and without social support), gender and migrant status. RESULTS: The prevalence of workplace bullying within the previous year was 14.5%. Sexual harassment, though rare (n=47, 1.8%), was reported by more women than men (83% vs 17%, χ2=19.3, p<0.0001) and more Australia or New Zealand born workers compared to India or the Philippines workers (75.5% vs 25.5%, χ2=4.6, p=0.032). Indian-born women had lower adjusted OR for being bullied and for being intimidated compared to other women. Independent of migrant status, Iso-strain (1), (low support from boss) and Iso-strain (2), (low support from colleagues) predicted being bullied. Women were more likely to be in an Iso-strain (1) job than men (18.7% vs 13.6%, p=0.013) and had twice the risk of being both verbally abused and intimidated compared to men (OR 9 vs OR 5.5, p<0.0001). CONCLUSION: Workplace bullying was more likely for women than men. There were few differences between workers from different migrant groups. Iso-strain was the strongest predictor of workplace bullying. Workplaces should encourage supportive and collegiate work environments. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | |
dc.relation.sponsoredby | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100660 | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Science & Technology | |
dc.subject | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | |
dc.subject | Medicine, General & Internal | |
dc.subject | General & Internal Medicine | |
dc.subject | JOB DEMANDS | |
dc.subject | PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC-SECTOR | |
dc.subject | RISK-FACTORS | |
dc.subject | ISO-STRAIN | |
dc.subject | HARASSMENT | |
dc.subject | STRESS | |
dc.subject | MODEL | |
dc.subject | EXPOSURE | |
dc.subject | WOMEN | |
dc.subject | bullying | |
dc.subject | epidemiology | |
dc.subject | migrants | |
dc.subject | occupational & industrial medicine | |
dc.subject | public health | |
dc.subject | Adult | |
dc.subject | Australia | |
dc.subject | Bullying | |
dc.subject | Cross-Sectional Studies | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | |
dc.subject | Occupational Stress | |
dc.subject | Self Report | |
dc.subject | Sex Factors | |
dc.subject | Social Support | |
dc.subject | Transients and Migrants | |
dc.subject | White People | |
dc.subject | Workplace | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Cross-Sectional Studies | |
dc.subject | Sex Factors | |
dc.subject | Social Support | |
dc.subject | Adult | |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | |
dc.subject | Transients and Migrants | |
dc.subject | Workplace | |
dc.subject | Australia | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Self Report | |
dc.subject | Bullying | |
dc.subject | Occupational Stress | |
dc.subject | White People | |
dc.title | Descriptive study of workplace demand, control and bullying among migrant and Australian-born workers by gender: does workplace support make a difference? | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 10 | |
dcterms.source.number | 6 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | e033652 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 2044-6055 | |
dcterms.source.title | BMJ open | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-03-14T07:57:05Z | |
curtin.department | Curtin School of Population Health | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
curtin.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | |
curtin.contributor.orcid | Reid, Alison [0000-0002-1202-7150] | |
curtin.contributor.orcid | Daly, Alison [0000-0002-4919-5932] | |
curtin.identifier.article-number | ARTN e033652 | |
dcterms.source.eissn | 2044-6055 | |
curtin.contributor.scopusauthorid | Reid, Alison [55064855500] | |
curtin.repositoryagreement | V3 |