An Investigation of Aggression and Bullying in the Workplace

by Erica Thompson

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Philosophy - Miscellaneous, none, Northcentral University, Bullying in the workplace, English, bullying has been studied extensively in the United States, Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, and the United Kingdom.Previous studies of bullying have focused on types of bullying (Einarsen, Hoel, Zapf, & Cooper, 2003; Keashly, 1998; Pearson, Andersson, & Wegner, 2001), frequency of bullying (Zapf, Einarsen, Hoel, & Vartia, 2003), the organizational and social factors that permit or encourage bullying (Andersson & Pearson, 1999; Fox & Stallworth, 2004; Vartia, 1996; Zapf, 1999), bullying’s adverse effects on the victims (Zapf, Knorz, & Kulla, 1996), ways to counter bullying (Richards & Daley, 2003), and the attributes of bullies and their victims (Zapf). However, a review of the literature did not uncover studies focusing on the attributes of workplace bullies in particular. The proposed study will help fill this gap in the literature by constructing a psychological profile of workplace bullies. This profile will help organizations recognize bullies, mitigate their effects, and prevent bullying.

42 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 14, 2012