Does bullying increase compliance?

Figures & data

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for negative activities, compliance in general, task-related compliance, and social compliance

	M	SD	Min	Max
Negative acts	40.09	15.77	22	103
Compliance (total score)	33.07	13.72	15	71
Task-related compliance	24.38	10.65	11	51
Social compliance	8.69	3.83	4	20

Table 2 Differences in general, task-related, and social compliance between bullying targets and nonvictims

	Bullying targets		Nontargets
	M	SD	M	SD	t	p	Hedges g
Compliance	26.59	10.11	36.93	13.89	3.33	.002	.84
Task-related compliance	19.03	7.63	27.37	10.49	3.59	.001	.90
Social compliance	7.56	3.43	9.57	3.87	2.15	.04	.54

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for negative activities, compliance, positive and negative emotions, and fundamental needs

	Overall descriptives				Inclusion condition				Exclusion condition
	M	SD	Min	Max	M	SD	Min	Max	M	SD	Min	Max
Negative acts	36.28	14.15	22	106	35.94	14.69	22	106	36.80	13.86	22	82
Compliance	44.41	10.48	15	70	44.19	10.51	15	70	44.66	10.47	12	70
Emotions index	30.66	6.34	10	42	31.11	6.28	10	42	30.14	6.42	11	42
Belongingness	27.47	5.62	14	36	28.02	5.67	14	36	26.75	5.51	15	35
Self-esteem	26.39	5.20	10	35	26.27	4.75	16	35	26.45	5.68	10	35
Control	22.89	6.45	8	51	22.95	6.32	8	35	22.72	6.61	8	51
Meaningful existence	28.37	5.38	13	35	28.67	5.25	15	35	28.00	5.55	13	35
Need satisfaction index	105.4	17.06	68	140	106.46	15.83	72	140	103.92	18.24	68	140

Figure 1 The influence of inclusion versus exclusion manipulation and being bullied at the workplace on compliance.