The behavioral reactions of victims to different types of workplace bullying

Title: The behavioral reactions of victims to different types of workplace bullying
Creator: Djurkovic, Nikola; McCormack, Darcy; Casimir, Gian
Relation: International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior Vol. 8, Issue 4, p. 439-460
Relation: http://www.pracademicspress.com/toc-ijotb.html#v8_4
Publisher: PrAcademic Press
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2005
Description: The relationships between different types of workplace bullying and the reactions of victims were examined using six categories of bullying (threat to professional status, destabilization, isolation, overwork, verbal taunts, and violence) and three categories of reactions (assertiveness, avoidance, and seeking formal help. Participants were 127 employed undergraduates. Descriptive statistics and correlations were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that avoidance reactions were the most common, followed by assertiveness and seeking formal help. As hypothesized, different types of bullying were associated with different types of reactions. Several practical implications derived from the findings were discussed suggesting that prevention is better than intervention.
Subject: bullying; work environment; organizational behavior
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/28874
Identifier: uon:2275
Identifier: ISSN:1532-4273
Language: eng
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