The Relationship Between Bullying, Social Support and Wellbeing: Assessing the Moderating Effect of Social Support on Individual & Organisational Wellbeing in the Presence of Bullying

The research herewith assessed the manner in which social support (from colleagues, supervisors, family and friends) functions to alleviate the negative impact of workplace bullying on individual (psychological wellbeing) and organisational wellbeing (intention to leave). The present research provided evidence for the buffering effect of social support, particularly support obtained from supervisors within the workplace, on psychological wellbeing and intention to leave, and colleagues for intention to leave in the presence of perceived workplace bullying. Additional individual-level factors worthy of future consideration, as detected by the current study included the function of childhood attachment, race, gender leadership, proximity, reciprocity, relational value and context specifity of the type and source support, propensity to seek support and coping.