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The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of workplace bullying in the relationship between interpersonal conflicts, transformational leadership, and psychosomatic disorders. The hypotheses were tested in a path model. The sample consisted of 7,639 non-university women teachers from different levels of public education, split into two groups: participants exposed to workplace violence behaviors but not workplace bullying (n = 7,090) and participants who met the two workplace bullying criteria (frequency and duration) (n = 549). The results indicate that exposure to work-related interpersonal conflicts is a predictor of negative acts related to workplace violence and workplace bullying in non-university women teachers. The perception of transformational leadership had a significant effect in preventing acts related to workplace violence in the group of women who only met the workplace bullying frequency criterion, but it was not significant in preventing workplace bullying. Additionally, women who suffered from workplace bullying significantly increased the frequency of psychosomatic disorders and professional support to overcome personal crises related to work compared to women who experienced workplace violence but not workplace bullying. School administrators need to promote adaptive coping behaviors to counter the negative violence subculture in schools and develop transformational leadership skills to avoid workplace violence toward women teachers
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This page is a summary of: The Role of Transformational Leadership in Prevention of Workplace Bullying and Psychosomatic Disorders in Non-university Women Teachers, International Journal of Bullying Prevention, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s42380-025-00322-4.
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