Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Baillien, Elfi"
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An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind: conflict escalation into workplace bullying and the role of distributive conflict behavior
Baillien, Elfi; Camps, Jeroen; Van den Broeck, Anja; Stouten, Jeroen; Godderis, Lode; Sercu, Maarten; De Witte, Hans (Springer, 2016)The current study investigated how work-related disagreements—coined as conflicts—relate to workplace bullying, from the perspective of the target as well as the perpetrator. We hypothesized a positive indirect association ... -
Conflicts and conflict management styles as precursors of workplace bullying: A two-wave longitudinal study
Baillien, Elfi; Bollen, Katalien; Euweman, Martin; De Witte, Hans (Taylor & Francis, 2014)The current study examined the relationships between conflicts in the work unit, the employee’s conflict management style and workplace bullying in a full panel two-wave longitudinal design with a 6 months’ time lag (n¼277). ... -
Do demands and resources affect target's and perpetrators' reports of workplace bullying? A two-wave cross-lagged study
Baillien, Elfi; De Witte, Hans; Rodriguez-Munoz, Alfredo; Van den Broeck, Anja (Taylor & Francis, 2011)In this study the causal relationships between work characteristics, in terms of job demands and job resources, and both targets’ and perpetrators' reports of workplace bullying, are investigated. In line with the Job ... -
Do they adapt or react? A comparison of the adaptation model and the stress reaction model among South African unemployed
Griep, Yannick; Baillien, Elfi; Vleugels, Wouter; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; De Witte, Hans (Springer, 2014)This study investigates affective experience as a function of unemployment duration in South Africa. The study contrasts two models. The stress reaction model proposes a linear decrease of affective experience as unemployment ... -
Exemplification and Perceived Job Insecurity
De Cuyper, Nele; Schreurs, Bert; Vander Elst, Tinne; Baillien, Elfi; De Witte, Hans (Hogrefe, 2014)Impression management is typically seen as a means to achieve success. Little is known about potential side effects for the self, or about impression management aimed at prevention of loss. Here, we probe the relationship ... -
Kan het daderschap van pesterijen verklaard worden via het job demands–resources model?
Baillien, Elfi; Sijmens, Nele; De Witte, Hans (Boom Lemma uitgevers, 2012)Workplace bullying leads to negative consequences and should be prevented. Studies investigating antecedents of bullying showed however two shortcomings. First, they mainly focused on targets, so little is known about ... -
Nice or Naughty? The role of emotions and digital media use in explaining adolescents online prosocial and antisocial behavior
Erreygers, Sara; Vandebosch, Heidi; Vranjes, Ivana; Baillien, Elfi; De Witte, Hans (Taylor & Francis, 2017)The opportunities and mostly the risks of digital communication technologies for adolescents have been documented extensively in the last two decades, but less is known about how adolescents interact with each other online, ... -
On the moderating role of years of work experience in the job demand control model
Verhofstadt, Elsy; Baillien, Elfi; Verhaest, Dieter; De Witte, Hans (Sage, 2017)The present study allows for a more flexible Job Demand-Control model by introducing years of work experience as a contextual factor (i.e. moderator). Building on the processes of adaptation and diminishing returns to ... -
Perceived control and psychological contract breach as explanations of the relationships between job insecurity, job strain and coping reactions: towards a theoretical integration
Vander Elst, Tinne; De Cuyper, Nele; Baillien, Elfi; Niesen, Wendy; De Witte, Hans (Wiley, 2016)This study aims to further knowledge on the mechanisms through which job insecurity is related to negative outcomes. Based on appraisal theory, two explanations—perceived control and psychological contract breach—were ... -
Perception of organization's value support and perceived employability: insights from self-determination theory
Van den Broeck, Anja; De Cuyper, Nele; Baillien, Elfi; Vanbelle, Els; Vanhercke, Dorien; De Witte, Hans (Taylor & Francis/Routledge, 2014)Perceived employability (PE; i.e. the worker's perception about available job opportunities) is portrayed as the upcoming resource for workers and organizations. However, organizations might particularly want to stimulate ... -
The role of work stressors, coping strategies and coping resources in the process of workplace bullying: a systematic review and development of a comprehensive model
Van den Brande, Whitney; Baillien, Elfi; De Witte, Hans; Vander Elst, Tinne; Godderis, Lode (Elsevier, 2016)Both work- and person-related factors may trigger workplace bullying. Work-related factors, such as role stressors, can create a stressful work environment leading to bullying. Additionally, person-related factors, such ...