Original Research
Interpersonal bullying behaviours in the workplace
Charlotte Pietersen
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 33, No 1 (2007), . doi: 10.4102/sajip.v33i1.256
Submitted: 29 October 2007
Published: 29 October 2007
Abstract
In this paper employing a phenomenological method to explicate seven informants’ experience of interpersonal bullying behaviors in a South African work context, I demarcated four general themes namely: lack of recognition, discrimination, obstructionism, and isolation. Moreover, I found that perpetrators (male and female managers) predominantly used verbal and indirect negative acts to bully subordinates. Finally, racial tensions contributed to bullying behavior. While a phenomenological approach shows promise to explore local bullying behavior more research is needed to broaden our understanding of the phenomenon, including explicating bullying through the eyes of bystanders and alleged bullies.
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Charlotte Pietersen, University of Limpopo, South Africa Metrics
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