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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Dark Side of the Hospitality Industry: Workplace Bullying and Employee Well-Being with Feedback Avoidance as a Mediator and Psychological Safety as a Moderator.

Ibrahim A Elshaer, Alaa M S Azazz, Mohammed E A Zain, Sameh Fayyad, Noha Ismaeil ElShaaer, Samy Wageh Mahmoud

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Ibrahim A ElshaerDepartment of Management, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 380, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7800-0428
Alaa M S AzazzDepartment of Social Studies, Arts College, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 380, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9380-1779
Mohammed E A ZainPublic Law Department, Faculty of Law, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 380, Saudi Arabia.
Sameh FayyadHotel Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6947-3146
Noha Ismaeil ElShaaerHotel Management Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, October 6 University, Giza 12573, Egypt.
Samy Wageh MahmoudHotel Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2561-0609

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objectivesThe tourism and hospitality industry, well-known as a people-oriented industry, is not immune to the adverse outcomes of workplace bullying. This paper explores the darker side of the tourism and hospitality sector by investigating workplace bullying and its potential impact on shaping employee well-being. Specifically, the study explores how feedback avoidance can mediate the relationship between information flow and employee well-being and how psychological safety can moderate the relationship between information flow and employee well-being in bullying contexts.

methodsUsing a quantitative-methods approach, the paper analyzed survey data from 341 employees at five-star hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM program).

resultsThe findings indicated that the spread of information about workplace bullying promotes the feelings of stress among employees which negatively affects their wellbeing in the workplace. Additionally, feedback avoidance as a mediator was found to foster the harmful impacts of bullying. Conversely, psychological safety as a moderator functioned as a protective element, mitigating the negative influence of workplace bullying on employees' well-being.

conclusionsThis paper enhanced our understanding of the dark side of the hospitality industry, specifically workplace bullying, by highlighting the key role of information dynamics about bullying in the workplace and the role of psychological safety in shaping overall employee well-being.

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feedback avoidancehospitality industryhotel industrypsychological safetywell-beingworkplace bullying

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PMCPMC11817492

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