Workplace Bullying and Stress among Office Professionals

Abstract

Workplace bullying has been identified as one of the major contemporary challenges for occupational health and safety and linked to other emerging riskssuch as work-related stress. This study aimed to determine the extent of workplacebullying and stress among office professionals of selected companies andinstitutions in Silang, Cavite and Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The study was conductedamong 102 office professionals using convenience sampling. This correlation studyon workplace bullying and stress were measured using a validated questionnaireadapted from Tabang (2017) and Gumarao (2011), respectively. The resultsrevealed that the overall workplace bullying was perceived to be very low in termsof verbal, nonverbal, psychological, and physical. The stress level of the officeprofessional was also perceived as low. The correlation analysis revealed thatverbal bullying (p=.010), nonverbal bullying (p=.000), psychological bullying(p=.005), and physical bullying (p=.005) were significantly associated with stress.Further results revealed that stress level is significant considering the demographicprofile (age, gender, marital status, educational attainment, length of service, andreligion). However, emotional stress significantly differs by age but not on the othertypes of stress. Recommendations were made to address the issues of bullying andstress in the workplace.