The purpose of this study was to identify the moderated mediation effect of human rights advocacy awareness in the mediating effects of workplace bullying on suicidal ideation through human rights cognitive ability and job stress, and to provide theor...
The purpose of this study was to identify the moderated mediation effect of human rights advocacy awareness in the mediating effects of workplace bullying on suicidal ideation through human rights cognitive ability and job stress, and to provide theoretical basis and basic data to decrease suicidal ideation.
Data were collected through a survey from August to October 2019 targeting employees working at 17 workplaces located in D and S cities, Chungcheongnam-do. The number of subjects used for the analysis was 513, and the data analysis was SPSS PC+ Window ver. 25.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro ver. 3.4 was used. The statistical methods by SPSS were frequency analysis, reliability analysis, mean comparison analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and correlation analysis. And the mediation effect, moderation effect and moderated mediation effect were analyzed using the PROCESS macro. In addition, the bootstrap method was used to verify the moderation effect and the moderated mediation effect, and the number of samples was designated as 5,000 and the confidence interval was set to 95% when verifying the bootstrap. In addition, when analyzing the moderation effect and the moderated mediation effect, the independent variable and the moderating variable were average-centered, conditions for conditional effect analysis were M±SD and M, and Johnson-Neyman's floodlight analysis was used for the significance area of conditional effect.
The conclusion of the study is as follows.
First, the main variables of this study, workplace bullying, cognitive ability for human rights, job stress, human rights advocacy awareness, and suicidal ideation, differed according to various characteristics of employees.
Second, there was a significant correlation between workplace bullying, cognitive ability for human rights, job stress, and suicidal ideation.
Third, cognitive ability for human rights mediated in the link between workplace bullying and suicide ideation.
Fourth, job stress mediated in the relationship between workplace bullying and suicide ideation.
Fifth, the dual mediating effect of cognitive ability for human rights and job stress was verified in the relationship between workplace bullying and suicide ideation.
Sixth, the human rights advocacy awareness moderated the relationship between cognitive ability for human rights and job stress.
Seventh, the moderated mediating effect of the human rights advocacy awareness was verified in the influence of workplace bullying on suicide ideation through human rights advocacy awareness and job stress.
Based on these research results, the limitations of the research and suggestions for subsequent research are as follows. A study on the role of various psychological variables besides cognitive ability for human rights and job stress in the relationship between workplace bullying and suicidal ideation is proposed. In addition, an in-depth study on human rights advocacy awareness, a subdivided study targeting occupational groups, specific genders and age groups, a national comparative study by region, and an in-depth qualitative study were proposed.