Bullying in the Australian medical workforce: cross-sectional data from an Australian e-Cohort study

dc.contributor.authorAskew, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorSchluter, P.J.
dc.contributor.authorDick, M.-L.
dc.contributor.authorRégo, P.M.
dc.contributor.authorTurner, C.
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, D.
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-03T20:38:50Z
dc.date.available2014-11-03T20:38:50Z
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the prevalence of perceived workplace bullying in the Australian medical workforce, and investigate the relationship between workplace bullying and job satisfaction, health status, and current and planned medical workforce participation. METHODS: An electronic cross-sectional survey of doctors currently in the paid workforce, conducted between April 2008 and October 2009, was nested within a longitudinal cohort study investigating factors affecting the recruitment and retention of the Australian medical workforce. To address the specific aims of this study, a subset of questions in the survey investigated the prevalence of self-reported bullying; physical and mental health; workforce participation patterns; job satisfaction; and job stressors. RESULTS: Seven hundred and forty-seven participants responded to the bullying question and were included in this analysis. Twenty-five percent of participants reported being bullied in the last 12 months. There were no differences in the reported rates of bullying across age groups, sex and country of medical qualification. Bullied doctors were least satisfied with their jobs (P less than 0.001), had taken more sick leave in the last 12 months (P less than 0.001), and were more likely to be planning to decrease the number of hours worked in medicine in the next 12 months (P=0.01) or ceasing direct patient care in the next 5 years (independent of their age or the number of hours currently worked in patient care) (P=0.006). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that Australian doctors, independent of age or sex, have experienced workplace bullying, and although no conclusions can be made about causal pathways, there were strong associations between this exposure and poorer health and wellbeing, and on remaining in the medical workforce.en
dc.identifier.citationAskew, D.A., Schluter, P.J., Dick, M.-L., Régo, P.M., Turner, C., Wilkinson, D. (2012) Bullying in the Australian medical workforce: cross-sectional data from an Australian e-Cohort study. Australian Health Review, 36(2), pp. 197-204.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1071/AH11048
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/9773
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. School of Health Sciencesen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectBullyingen
dc.subjectdoctorsen
dc.subjectepidemiologyen
dc.subjectcohort studyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::35 - Commerce, management, tourism and services::3507 - Strategy, management and organisational behaviour::350710 - Organisational behaviouren
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::11 - Medical and Health Sciences::1199 - Other Medical and Health Services::119999 - Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classifieden
dc.titleBullying in the Australian medical workforce: cross-sectional data from an Australian e-Cohort studyen
dc.typeJournal Article
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