Relationship between workplace bullying,self-esteem,health and job performance among nurses

Objective To investigate the relationship between workplace bullying,self-esteem,health and job performance among nurses.Methods With stratified random sampling,450 nurses from six hospitals in Nanning of Guangxi were investigated with a workplace bullying questionnaire,self-esteem scale,general health questionnaire and job performance questionnaire.Results Bullying had significant negative correlations with self-esteem,health and job performance(r=-0.179,-0.314,-0.139;P<0.01 for all).Bullying negatively influenced the nurses' self-esteem,health and job performance(β=-0.176,-0.312,-0.147;P<0.01 for all).Structural equation model showed that bullying could either directly affect health or produce indirect effects on health and job performance via self-esteem,with the mediating effect of-0.153(P<0.01)and-0.134(P<0.05),respectively.Conclusion Partial mediation effect of self-esteem on the relationship between bullying and health is significant and the complete mediation effect of self-esteem on the relationship between bullying and job performance is also significant.