Source avec lien : Work & Stress, (En ligne). 10.1080/02678373.2022.2129514
Nous étudions les risques d’exposition à l’intimidation sur le lieu de travail et les résultats connexes en matière de santé mentale pour les hommes et les femmes lorsqu’ils font partie d’une minorité de genre par opposition à un environnement de travail équilibré entre les genres ou lorsqu’ils appartiennent à une majorité de genre. Sur la base d’une perspective d’identité sociale, nous avons testé des hypothèses sur les risques d’intimidation et les différences dans l’augmentation des problèmes de santé mentale dans un échantillon probabiliste de la main-d’ouvre suédoise dans une conception prospective.
We investigate risks of exposure to workplace bullying and related mental health outcomes for men and women when being in a gender minority as opposed to working in a gender-balanced working environment or when belonging to a gender majority. Based on a social identity perspective, we tested hypotheses about the risks of bullying and differences in the increase in mental health problems in a probability sample of the Swedish workforce in a prospective design. The results showed an increased risk of bullying and an increase in mental health problems as an outcome for men when in a gender minority, however, there were no corresponding risks for women. The risks for men were most obvious for person-related negative acts and for anxiety as an outcome. Social identity may clarify why a minority might be more at risk as well as the outcome it may lead to. Deviating from the group prototype may be perceived as a threat to the group alienating the target and opening up for sanctions. The observed gender differences may further be understood using social role theory. Men in female-dominated workplaces may deviate more from the expected traditional gender role and may be more susceptible to sanctions and suffer graver consequences as a result. The outcomes may be more severe if exposed to person-related acts compared to acts related to one’s work.