Workplace Bullying and Turnover Intentions among Iranian Employees

The present study was conducted in Iran and aimed to analyse the relationship between workplace bullying and turnover intentions. 1100 employees of 85 branches of a public bank were selected as statistical population of this study. According to Krejcie & Morgan (1970), the minimum number of sample size was determined as 285 people. After distribution 550 questionnaires among employees, 292 usable questionnaires were returned. The factors analysis and the findings show that workplace bullying has a significant positive influence on turnover intentions of Iranian employees. The results of the current study imply that managers should provide suitable atmosphere in organizations to decrease workplace bullying which leads to increasing in the level of turnover intentions among employees.