Spiritual transcendence as a moderator variable on the relationship between visceral leadership and bullying behavior at workplace: An empirical study in hospitals of the Babylon Province

The purpose of current research is to investigate the relationships among visceral leadership, spiritual transcendence, and bullying behavior in the hospitals in the province of Babylon. Based on the stratified random sampling, 450 questionnaires were distributed to nurses at the hospitals in the province of Babylon. Only 388 questionnaires were returned. Out of which 311 questionnaires were usable resulting into a response rate of 80%. Then, the data were analyzed using both AMOS v.20 and SPSS v.20 programs. The result shows the knowledge gap related to identification the nature of the relationships among visceral leadership, spiritual transcendence, and bullying behavior at workplace. The result shows the two different kind of impact relationship between research variables. The direct relationship between (visceral leadership and bullying behavior at workplace); additionally, the moderator role of the spiritual transcendence on the relationship between visceral leadership and bullying behavior at workplace; the rare of studies that investigated the relationships among visceral leadership, spiritual transcendence, and bullying behavior at workplace. Furthermore, there is a reality problem, which has a significant effect on Iraqi health sector.