One
study tested a serial-mediation model exploring the moderating role of the type
of perceived discrimination at work on the causal path linking perceived
mobbing (i.e. the perception of being the object of continuous
reprimands for errors committed), perceived demotion (i.e. the
perception of being assigned to tasks inferior to one's job role),
and psychological discomfort related to carrying out daily
work. The current work argues that that mobbing will be perceived as the cause of
demotion, which will in turn be perceived as a discriminative behaviour
actually caused by one's gender and age, which will then increase negative
feelings. As expected, findings indicated that the perception
of being assigned to tasks inferior to one's job role increased perceived
discrimination due to one's sexual gender and age, which in turn exacerbated
the psychological discomfort related to carrying out daily work. All of the
possible alternative serial-mediation models proved to be statistically non
significant.
