Covert Workplace Bullying Among Men: A Qualitative Generic Study
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Covert Workplace Bullying Among Men: A Qualitative Generic Study
Yazar:
Hadj Said, Abdelkrim, author.
ISBN:
9780438015654
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1 electronic resource (163 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Loren Faibisch Committee members: Jessica Emick-Seibert; Paula Fremont.
Özet:
The purpose of this study was to examine descriptions of attitudes, emotions, beliefs and perceptions of men who were subjected to covert bullying behavior in the workplace. To the knowledge of the researcher, covert workplace bullying, as a newly emerging concept in bullying literature, was rarely studied in men. A sample of 8 employees from different job industries and different social backgrounds took part in a generic qualitative study to answer the following research question of: How do men describe their experiences of covert bullying in the workplace? Although no clear philosophic assumptions guided this study's generic qualitative methodology, it is merely used to capture men's emotions as they arise in response to covert bullying behavior incidents. The study successfully gathered data on a sample of men between the ages of 22 and 35 who experienced covert bullying behavior in their workplace over a six-month period via individual semi-structured interviews. For data analysis, the researcher employed thematic analysis with constant comparison. Six themes emerged from the analysis: personal vulnerabilities, environmental descriptions, explicit and implicit indignities, emotional struggles and coping strategies. Personal vulnerabilities entailed individual sensitivities, vulnerabilities, predispositions, and differences that make the person an easy target for covert bullies. Environmental descriptions represent factors that are either work-related or people-related. Explicit indignities entail direct attacks, whereas implicit indignities are represented by metacommunicative and/or noncommunicative attacks. Emotional struggle involved negative feelings generated in the victims as a result of covert bullying victimization. A final theme on coping strategies revealed tactics often used by the victims to manage covert bullying behavior.
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School code: 1351
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