A research on the effect of exposure to virtual bullying on jobsatisfaction and organizational commitment

The widespread use of information and communication technologies in daily and organizational life brings about various positive and negative changes. Since the use of communication technologies is shaped according to personal intentions, technological developments also effect the emergence of uncontrolled and negative situations called cyber bullying. The escalation of the use of information and communication technologies in organizational life increases the possibility of adults and young people growing up with this technology being exposed to cyber bullying in organizational life even more. This situation may affect employees' satisfaction they get from their jobs and their commitment to their organizations. This study was carried out to determine whether the exposure of employees to cyber bullying has a significant effect on job satisfaction and organizational commitment levels. This study, which is a descriptive one, included nurses working in the province of Sivas during April 2017. The sample of the study was not extracted from the universe and all the nurses accessible which totaled 637 were selected and included in the study. The data were collected through a questionnaire, which consists of four parts; The Demographic Information Form, The Cyber Victim Scale, Job Satisfaction Scale and Organizational Commitment Scale. The questionnaires collected from the employees were uploaded to the computer and statistically analyzed through the SPSS 19.0 program. In the analysis of the data, firstly, descriptive statistical methods (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation), reliability analysis and factor analysis were applied. In order to analyze the quantitative data, t-Test and OneWay ANOVA Tests were used; in the process of comparing, the scales Correlation and Regression Analyses were used. As a result of the analysis of the data, it was found that the nurses' exposure to cyber bullying differed according to gender, age, income, time spent in the sector, time spent time in the workplace and the management approach of the institution. A statistically significant, however weak, negative correlation was found between exposure to cyber bullying and emotional commitment. However, no significant relationship was found between exposure to cyber bullying and normative and continuity commitment. Also, a statistically significant, however weak, negative correlation was found between exposure to cyber bullying and external satisfaction. However, no significant relationship was found between the employees' exposure to cyber bullying and the internal satisfaction. As a result of the regression analysis, it was found that exposure to cyber bullying had a statistically significant negative effect on the organizational commitment and emotional commitment of the nurses.