Workplace Bullying and its Relationship to Job Security in the School Education Sector from the Teachers' Perspective

Najwa Dheif Allah Mansour Al qubelat; Mo’en Salman Alnasraween*; Mohammad Saleh Alkaramneh; Dina S. Bazadough

doi:10.36941/jesr-2025-0211

Authors

Najwa Dheif Allah Mansour Al qubelat Faculty of Art Department of Basic Science (Humanities and Scientific) Al_Zaytoonah University
Mo’en Salman Alnasraween* Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Counseling and education psychology, Yarmouk University,Jordan, *Corresponding author
Mohammad Saleh Alkaramneh Department of Administration Curricula, and Teaching Methods, Amman Arab University, Jordann
Dina S. Bazadough Department of Administration Curricula and Teaching Methods Amman Arab University, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2025-0211

Keywords:

Workplace Bullying, Job Security, Education Sector, Teachers, School

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between workplace bullying (WB) and job security (JS) in the school education sector from the teachers' perspectives in Jordan. The study sample consisted of (1044) male and female teachers who were selected using the convenience sampling method. Two scales were used, one for work bullying and the other for job security. The psychometric properties of the two scale were verified through applying them to a pilot sample. Then they were applied to the main study sample. The results showed a low level of workplace bullying. In addition, the finding showed that the level of job security among the participants were moderate. The results also showed an inverse correlation between workplace bullying and job security. The study concluded with a set of recommendations, perhaps the most important of which are: carrying out further research to address other variables that may affect job security. In addition, focusing on the elements of job security for teachers to retain qualified staff .

Received: 28 August 2025 / Accepted: 21 October 2025 / Published: 05 November 2025