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377 gap statements mined from Workplace Violence and Bullying papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,693 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Previous research explored the associations between workplace violence, mental health, and turnover intention among nurses, which yielded inconsistent results due to smaller sample sizes, thus highlighting the need for a more comprehensive investigation with a large sample of a representative population.

    Workplace Violence Against Nurses and Its Association With Mental Health and Turnover Intention: A National Cross‐Sectional Study · 2026 · DOI

  • However, the underlying mechanism through which moral courage influences nurses' experiences of workplace violence remains unexplored.

    The Association Between Moral Courage, Psychological Resilience, and Workplace Violence Among Emergency Department Nurses in China: A Structural Equation Model · 2026 · DOI

  • Workplace incivility is common in healthcare settings and negatively affects employee attitudes and workforce stability, yet its impact on work engagement and quiet quitting remains underexplored.

    The Mediating Role of Work Engagement in the Effect of Workplace Incivility on Quiet Quitting: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Healthcare Workers · 2026 · DOI

  • Workplace violence (WPV) represents a major occupational hazard in emergency care, yet validated instruments specifically designed for the prehospital emergency care context remain lacking.

    Pilot adaptation and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the QuIN16VIPs-ET questionnaire to assess workplace violence among prehospital emergency nurses · 2026 · DOI

  • A major gap in the literature is around why employees might experience incivility.

    Predicting incivility behaviours in the public sector: What role does organisational context play? · 2026 · DOI

  • However, the origins of PSC and the pathways through which it operates remain insufficiently understood.

    The fish rots from the top: how senior management values and priorities shape worker mistreatment through psychosocial safety climate (PSC) · 2026 · DOI

  • Additionally, when investigating and labeling respondents as “instigators,” “perpetrators” or “bullies,” caution is warranted due to the absence of clear academic definitions.

    “Will They Strike Back?” Shedding Light on the Tit-for-Tat Mechanism in Incivility and Bullying Research from a Latent Class Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • However, little is known about how workplace violence poses a threat to the mental wellbeing of LTC‐NAs across different work locations.

    Workplace Violence and Mental Wellbeing Among Long‐Term Care Nursing Assistants in Different Work Locations: A Cross‐Sectional Study · 2025 · DOI

  • However, the mechanisms by which workplace violence affects nurses’ health remain unclear.

    Effects of Workplace Violence on Emergency Nurses’ Health: A Mediating and Moderating Role of Occupational Stress and the Work Environment · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate additional mediators and moderators that influence these relationships.

    Workplace bullying and turnover intention among industrial employees: job burnout as a mediator · 2025 · DOI

  • This research fills a critical gap in the literature by focusing on the underexplored Sri Lankan higher education sector, which has received limited scholarly attention.

    Shadows on the ivory tower: the unseen scars of academic bullying in South Asia · 2025 · DOI

  • The impact of divestiture socialization on abusive supervision thus warrants investigation.

    How Divestiture Socialization Masks Intermittent Supervisory Abuse: A Multilevel Analysis in Ad-Hoc Aircrew Teams · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should explore broader implementation and digital integration to enhance usability, data quality, and support organizational learning.

    The Staff Observation Aggression Scale – Revised for Ambulance Services (SOAS-RA) · 2025 · DOI

  • However, little is known about the experience of occupational therapists, specifically those that visit people in their own homes, and experience violence in that context.

    Workplace violence experienced by occupational therapists who visit people in their own homes · 2025 · DOI

  • While previous literature has primarily focussed on fellow employees as perpetrators, little is known regarding violence inflicted by patients and their support such as family and visitors.

    Patient‐Perpetrated Violence Against Healthcare Workers in the Asia‐Pacific Region: Scoping Review and Research Agenda · 2025 · DOI

  • Although workplace bullying is widely recognized as a significant occupational stressor with negative effects on both physical and mental well-being, there is still a lack of evidence concerning the cognitive mechanisms underlying this relationship.

    Undermining Emotional Beliefs: A Longitudinal Study on Exposure to Workplace Bullying, Emotional Regulation Self-Efficacy, and Well-Being in Spain · 2025 · DOI

  • To gain a comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon, personal as well as workplace-related factors should be considered, and individual characteristics such as personality traits should be examined as potential factors of influence.

    Personality Traits, Impostor Phenomenon, and Workplace Bullying: A Cross-Sectional Study on Hospital Nurses · 2025 · DOI

  • One facet of this body of research that has not been fully explored is the potential impact of gender representativeness on sexual harassment in the workplace.

    Women’s Representation and Federal Employees’ Sexual Harassment Experience · 2025 · DOI

  • Violence is a common hazard for those working in emergency departments (EDs), yet it remains understudied.

    Prevalence of violence against health care workers among agitated patients in an urban emergency department · 2025 · DOI

  • It adversely affects the mental health and career trajectories of both men and women yet remains widely underreported due to fears of reprisals and inaction.

    Swiss physicians' experiences of sexual harassment at work. A nationwide survey · 2026 · DOI

  • Over the past decade, few studies have explored workplace violence (WPV) in nursing education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    Workplace Violence Experiences Among Nurse Educators in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Descriptive Study · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite increasing interest in the occurrence of workplace violence in ambulance services, few studies have explored the phenomenon from the perspective of the ambulance personnel.

    Workplace violence from the ambulance personnel’s perspective, a qualitative study · 2026 · DOI

  • This design captures a snapshot in time but does not account for overtime changes and developments.

    Workplace bullying and turnover intention among industrial employees: job burnout as a mediator · 2025 · DOI

  • This means that workplace violence is likely to be underreported by occupational therapists.

    Workplace violence experienced by occupational therapists who visit people in their own homes · 2025 · DOI

  • Verbal abuse, threats of assault, and violent acts occurred frequently in ED patients with agitation and were underreported.

    Prevalence of violence against health care workers among agitated patients in an urban emergency department · 2025 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The underlying mechanism through which moral courage influences nurses' experiences of workplace violence remains unexplored (“The Association Between Moral Courage, Psychological Resilience, and Workplace…”, 2026); (2) Workplace incivility is common in healthcare settings and negatively affects employee attitudes and workforce stability, yet its impact on work engagement and quiet quitting remains underexplored (“The Mediating Role of Work Engagement in the Effect of Workplace Incivility on…”, 2026); (3) The origins of PSC and the pathways through which it operates remain insufficiently understood (“The fish rots from the top: how senior management values and priorities shape…”, 2026); (4) Little is known about how workplace violence poses a threat to the mental wellbeing of LTC‐NAs across different work locations (“Workplace Violence and Mental Wellbeing Among Long‐Term Care Nursing Assistants…”, 2025); (5) The mechanisms by which workplace violence affects nurses’ health remain unclear (“Effects of Workplace Violence on Emergency Nurses’ Health: A Mediating and…”, 2025). 377 gap statements have been mined from Workplace Violence and Bullying papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,693 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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