Paternal leadership and its role in reducing workplace bullying: The mediating role of psychological well-being: Analytical research of the opinions of a sample of teachers working in schools in Babylon Governorate
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paternalistic leadership, workplace bullying, psychological well-being.Abstract
The research aimed to demonstrate the impact that paternal leadership exerts in reducing bullying in the workplace through the mediating role of psychological well-being at the level of a sample of teachers working in some schools in Babil Governorate. The problem was represented by several questions, the most important of which was (Does paternal leadership contribute to reducing or reducing bullying in the workplace in the studied schools. The descriptive analytical method was used as one of the methods used in social and administrative research. The questionnaire was used as a main tool in collecting data. The researched community consisted of four schools located in Babylon Governorate. The selected sample amounted to (100) teachers working in those schools. A number of statistical methods were used, including: normal distribution test, confirmatory factor analysis, and the following statistical programs were adopted (SPSS; Amos; Microsoft Excel). One of the most prominent results reached was that paternal leadership contributes to reducing bullying in the workplace, in addition to the psychological well-being variable mediating the relationship between the dependent and independent variables.
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