Purpose - This study examined workplace bullying as a situational antecedent of workaholism and burnout as a consequence of workaholism and explored the mediating role of workaholism and the moderation effect of perceived organizational support.
Research design, data, and methodology - This study collected data from 319 employees in South Korean companies through a survey method.
Results - First, job-related bullying promotes a compulsive and excessive drive to work. However, person-related bullying was positively related to the tendency to work excessively hard. Second, only working excessively shows positive relationship with only exhaustion excepting cynicism. Third, although bullied employees may reserve their personal resources through workaholism in short time, it drives them to be workaholic, which leads them exhausted in turn. Finally, perceived organizational support decreases the effect of job-related bulling on both of working compulsively and working excessively.
Conclusions - First, this study suggests workplace bullying as a situational antecedent and verify burnout as a consequence of workaholism. Second, it investigate the mediating role of workaholism and the moderation effect of perceived organizational support. Practically, When they find workaholic employees, they should investigate if workplace bullying exists through face-to-face talk. If necessary, they should decide personal transfer to the other department or work team.

Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Theoretical Background and Hypothesis
 3. Methodology
  3.1. Sample
  3.2. Procedure
  3.3. Measure
 4. Analysis Result
  4.1. Verification of Reliability and Validity
  4.2. Common Method Bias
  4.3. Relationship between Variables
  4.4. Hypothesis Testing
 5. Conclusions
  5.1. The Summary of Results
  5.2. Contributions and Limitations
 References

• Youngkeun Choi(Associate Professor, Division of business administration, Sangmyung University, Korea)