The Effect of Workplace Bullying on Job Insecurity and Turnover Intention in State-Owned Construction Companies

Abstract

The construction industry was one of several sectors that performed poorly regarding workplace bullying. Construction industry bullying is quite hard to be spot because it typically goes unnoticed by managements. It could be ingrained in a company's culture, means the leaders or managements do not see the bullying as a problem at all. Further, bullying could put employees at risk, inhibit productivity, and leads to high turnover. This study aimed to analyze the effect of workplace bullying on job insecurity and turnover intention and the effect of job insecurity on employee turnover intention. This research is an observational analytic with a cross-sectional approach. Respondents in this study were employees at state-owned construction companies, about 300 respondents. The sampling technique utilized simple random sampling. Data was collected by distributing questionnaires using a Likert with a value of 1 (strongly
disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). The chosen analysis technique is path analysis. Based on the analysis results, it was found that workplace bullying has a positive and significant effect on job insecurity. Workplace bullying has a positive and significant effect on turnover intention. Furthermore, job insecurity has a positive and significant  effect on turnover intention.