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hutchinson m., wilkes l., jackson d. & vickers m.h. (2010) Journal of Nursing Management18, 173–181
Integrating individual, work group and organizational factors: testing a multidimensional model of bullying in the nursing workplace

Aim  The aim of the present study was to test a multidimensional model of bullying in the nursing workplace.

Background  This paper is part of a larger study of bullying in the Australian nursing workforce. While a number of studies have documented the frequency and consequences of bullying among nurses, there have been few attempts to develop integrated theoretical models that identify individual, work group and organizational factors.

Method  In the third stage of this sequential mixed methods study, data were collected from a randomized survey of Australian nurses. Structural equation modelling and confirmatory factor analysis on 370 completed surveys was …