Religious and Non-Religious Workplace Mobbing Victims: When Do People Turn to Religious Organisations?

Jolita Vveinhardt; Mykolas Deikus

doi:10.3390/ijerph191912356

Religious and Non-Religious Workplace Mobbing Victims: When Do People Turn to Religious Organisations?

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 28;19(19):12356. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912356.

Authors

Jolita Vveinhardt¹, Mykolas Deikus²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Vytautas Magnus University, 58 K. Donelaičio Street, LT-44248 Kaunas, Lithuania.
² Department of Theology, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Vytautas Magnus University, 58 K. Donelaičio Street, LT-44248 Kaunas, Lithuania.

Abstract

Researchers' interest in the impact of religious-spiritual assistance on victims of violence has increased in recent decades; however, factors that are relevant to workplace mobbing victims who seek such assistance remain poorly investigated. The purpose of this study is to highlight the factors that make spiritual assistance of religious organizations acceptable to religious and non-religious workplace mobbing victims. The study involved 463 adults working in Lithuanian organizations, of whom 79.5 per cent indicated that they were religious. ANOVA and Chi-square tests revealed that the significant factors were similarity of personal and religious values, the relation with the person providing assistance, and the circumstances characterising assistance. This study promotes further scientific discussion on the involvement of religious organizations in helping victims of workplace mobbing and explains why religious and non-religious individuals seeking assistance turn to religious organizations. The article presents only a part of the research results of the implemented project.

Keywords: religiosity; religious organizations; spiritual assistance; victims; workplace mobbing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Bullying*
Humans
Violence
Workplace*

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the European Social Fund under the No. 09.3.3-LMT-K712-16-0144 “Development of Competences of Scientists, other Researchers and Students through Practical Research Activities” measure.