El objetivo del presente estudio es examinar el rol moderador del liderazgo “laissez-faire” o pasivo en la relación entre los factores organizacionales (conflicto de rol y justicia procedimental) y el acoso psicológico en el trabajo. Para minimizar el efecto de la varianza del método común, se recogieron los datos en dos fases con una separación temporal de un mes. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 511 trabajadores. Los resultados de los análisis de regresión múltiple jerárquica mostraron que el liderazgo moderaba la relación entre el conflicto de rol y la justicia procedimental y el acoso psicológico en el trabajo, de tal forma que las personas que se encontraban en situaciones de liderazgo pasivo presentaron mayores niveles de acoso en situaciones de alto conflicto de rol y de baja justicia procedimental. Estos resultados sugieren que las organizaciones deberían tener presente que una definición clara del rol de los empleados, la aplicación equitativa de los procedimientos, así como la evitación del liderazgo “laissez-faire”, disminuiría la aparición de conductas de acoso.
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