Bullying in the Australian medical workforce: cross-sectional data from an Australian e-Cohort study, published in Australian Health Review, aims 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.
The paper found that 25% of doctors participating in this study reported experiencing persistent behaviours in the last 12 months that had undermined their professional confidence or self-esteem. Victims of bullying had poorer mental health, had taken more sick leave in the last 12 months, were less satisfied with their current jobs and with being doctors, were more affected by job stressors and were more likely to be considering ceasing direct patient care than non-bullied doctors.
Australian Health Review 36(2) 197-204 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH11048
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