The present study examines employees’ prior victimization from bullying in school or at work as a predictor of 1) their current exposure to negative social acts at work and 2) the likelihood of labelling as a victim of workplace bullying, and 3) whether the link between exposure to negative acts at work and the perception of being bullied is stronger among those who have been bullied in the past. We tested our hypotheses using a probability sample of the Norwegian working population in a prospective design with a 5-year time lag (N = 1228). As hypothesized, prior victimization positively predicted subsequent exposure to negative acts, which in turn was related to a higher likelihood of developing a perception of being a victim of workplace bullying. However, contrary to our expectations, prior victimization from bullying did not affect the relationship between current exposure to negative acts at work and the likelihood of self-labelling as a victim. Taken together, the results suggest that employees’ prior victimization is a risk factor for future victimization, yet overall plays a rather modest role in understanding current exposure to negative acts and self-labelled victimization from bullying at work.

本研究调查了员工之前在学校或工作中因欺凌而受害的情况，以此作为预测因素：1）他们目前在工作中接触负面社会行为；2）被贴上工作场所欺凌受害者标签的可能性，以及 3）是否存在联系在过去曾被欺负过的人中，在工作中接触负面行为和被欺负的感觉之间更强烈。我们在具有 5 年时间滞后的前瞻性设计中使用挪威工作人口的概率样本来检验我们的假设（N = 1228）。正如假设的那样，先前的受害积极地预测了随后会遭受负面行为的影响，而这反过来又与产生成为工作场所欺凌受害者的认知的更高可能性有关。然而，出乎我们的意料，先前因欺凌而受害并不会影响当前在工作中接触负面行为与自我贴上受害者标签的可能性之间的关系。综上所述，结果表明，员工先前的受害是未来受害的风险因素，但总体而言，在理解当前暴露于负面行为和因工作中的欺凌而自我标记的受害方面发挥了相当有限的作用。