Are bulling behaviors tolerated in some cultures? Relationship between workplace bullying and job satisfaction among Azerbaijani employees

Our study adopted the article “Are bullying behaviors tolerated in some cultures? Evidence for a
curvilinear relationship between workplace bullying and job satisfaction among Italian workers”
from the journal of Business Ethics Vol. 131, No. 1 (September 2015), for replication of the same
or similar analysis for Azerbaijan. The aim of this study was to determine whether the same
curvilinear effect can be observed in a sample of Azerbaijani employees. As this was the first study
in this context in our country, we aimed to address different sectors for conducting the analysis.
Supporting the replication study, our results demonstrated curvilinear relationship between
workplace bulling and job satisfaction. On the other hand, psychological well-being demonstrated
linear relationship in contrast to curvilinear model between workplace bulling and job satisfaction.
In particular, our purpose is to study whether victims of bulling try to determine the causes taking
into consideration social and cultural norms. We aimed to explore if the workplace bulling is
tolerated to some extent among Azerbaijani workers. Our results supported the view that, it is
important to consider cultural and organizational factors in order to better understand and deal with
workplace bulling.