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PurposeThe paper seeks to validate a structural model wherein workplace bullying is depicted as related to health by way of mediating the relationship between organizational climate with health.Design/methodology/approachOver 700 Japanese employees completed a shorter version of the Majer D'Amato organizational questionnaire 10, the Negative Acts Questionnaire Revised and the Center for Epidemiologic Study for Depression. Lifestyle variables (alcohol consumption and sleeping hours) were also collected from participants. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesis.FindingsA model of bullying at work was developed which incorporated relationships among organizational and health factors. Workplace bullying partially mediated the climate‐health relationship.Originality/valueThe model developed within this paper integrates prior theoretical work on workplace bullying and helps researchers and organizations understand the process through organizational risk factors that might have a negative association with employees' health. Further, this paper contributes an understanding of workplace bullying in a non‐Western context.

La ricerca ricostruisce, attraverso lo spoglio sistematico dei principali quotidiani spagnoli ed una parallela ricerca di archivio, l'orientamento del regime franchista nella prima parte del secondo conflitto mondiale. sullo sfondo della irrisolta questione storiografica rispetto ad una adeguata collocazione della dittatura di Franco nello spettro delle esperienze totalitarie o autoritarie, viene messo in particolare risalto il punto di vista della Falange, con le sue aspirazioni totalitarie e la continua tensione fra le diverse anime del composito mosaico politico sociale che sostenne il Caudillo, assai abile nel trasformare questa debolezza intrinseca del suo regime nella condizione della propria indispensabilità come garante della vittoria della guerra civile contro la II Repubblica.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to serious psychological consequences that negatively affect workers' mental health, leading to post-traumatic symptoms. In this scenario, employees may be exposed to multiple stressors that ultimately drain their resources. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources Theory (COR) and the stress–strain perspective, we analyzed the relationship between different dimensions of work-related stress and psychological distress in a sample of 294 workers in the industrial sector. Specifically, we hypothesized a series of mediation models in which the dimensions of work-related stress are associated with a lower level of mental health directly and indirectly through higher levels of COVID-19-related post-traumatic symptoms. The results partially support the hypotheses, showing that COVID-19-related trauma plays a mediating role between the stress experienced and the resulting decrease in mental health, except in the case of job control and colleague support. These results will hopefully offer insights into possible organizational interventions for the promotion of workers' well-being in the postpandemic setting.