Table 2.
One factor extracted from the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R) scale with mean square between 0.50 and 1.50.
| During the last 6 months, how often have you been subjected to the following negative acts in the work place? | Item | Mean square | Rasch | |||
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| Work-related bullying |
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19. Pressure not to claim something to which by right you are entitled | 0.37 | 0.68 | 1.22 | 0.88 | –0.26 |
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21. Being exposed to an unmanageable workload | 0.18 | 0.67 | 1.22 | 1.12 | –0.27 |
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16. Being given tasks with unreasonable deadlines | 0.04 | 0.71 | 0.94 | 0.95 | –0.21 |
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3. Being ordered to do work below your level of competence | –0.24 | 0.68 | 1.11 | 1.10 | 0.59 |
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18. Excessive monitoring of your work | –0.41 | 0.77 | 0.93 | 0.84 | –0.43 |
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14. Having your opinions ignored | –0.61 | 0.75 | 0.87 | 0.92 | –0.45 |
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1. Someone withholding information which affects your performance | –2.21 | 0.73 | 1.21 | 1.28 | 0.47 |
| Person-related bullying |
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10. Hints or signals from others that you should quit your job | 1.65 | 0.60 | 0.96 | 0.76 | 0.03 |
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20. Being the subject of excessive teasing and sarcasm | 1.09 | 0.69 | 0.75 | 0.63 | –0.30 |
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6. Being ignored or excluded | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.17 |
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15. Practical jokes carried out by people you don’t get along with | 0.46 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.65 | –0.32 |
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17. Having allegations made against you | 0.20 | 0.73 | 0.81 | 0.67 | –0.32 |
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4. Having key areas of responsibility removed or replaced with more trivial or unpleasant tasks | –0.09 | 0.69 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 0.31 |
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7. Having insulting or offensive remarks made about your person, attitudes or your private life | –0.19 | 0.72 | 0.99 | 0.90 | 0.14 |
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13. Persistent criticism of your errors or mistakes | –0.33 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.65 | –0.49 |
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12. Being ignored or facing a hostile reaction when you approach | –0.57 | 0.72 | 1.17 | 1.04 | –0.34 |
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11. Repeated reminders of your errors or mistakes | –0.68 | 0.76 | 0.95 | 0.90 | –0.26 |
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2. Being humiliated or ridiculed in connection with your work | –0.79 | 0.72 | 1.07 | 0.98 | 0.59 |
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5. Spreading of gossip and rumors about you | –0.90 | 0.75 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.31 |
| Physically intimidating bullying |
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22. Threats of violence or physical abuse or actual abuse | 2.56 | 0.48 | 1.49 | 0.56 | –0.12 |
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9. Intimidating behaviors such as finger-pointing, invasion of personal space, shoving, blocking your way | 1.35 | 0.61 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.11 |
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8. Being shouted at or being the target of spontaneous anger | –1.50 | 0.71 | 1.37 | 1.36 | 0.25 |
| Minimum | –2.21 | 0.48 | 0.75 | 0.56 | –0.49 | |
| Maximum | 2.56 | 0.78 | 1.49 | 1.36 | 0.59 | |