Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report a study of targets’ experiences of cyberbullying on online labour markets (OLMs). In addition to highlighting the link between targets’ coping and power and control, the paper compares conventional and digital workplaces....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the interplay of organizational humorous teasing and workplace bullying in hospital work life in order to investigate how workplace bullying can emerge from doctors and nurses experiences of what, at first, appears as “innocent” humorous...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of workplace bullying on the marital relationship of three Brazilian couples. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses a qualitative approach with multiple cases. Data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the experiences of redress seeking and organisational responses for targets of bullying. Design/methodology/approach: A phenomenological research design was adopted. In total, 22 primary teachers (seven males, 15 females) in Ireland were...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of power in cases of upwards bullying by examining the bases of power that staff members use, and how these bases create power imbalances. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to share reflective insights on three key questions of concern to critical diversity scholars: what influences play a part in framing a research project and the research questions, what determines the chosen methodology and what knowledge contributions do...

Purpose: Revisiting the critical hermeneutics analysis of Wu Zetian’s case in Peng et al.’s (2015) paper, the purpose of this paper is to explore the complexity and paradox of Wu Zetian as a historical figure, and to demonstrate the potential of critical hermeneutics as an innovative...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to implement diversity and inclusion practices in an USA university department through the application of a cultural audit in the style of participatory action research (PAR). The cultural audit process demonstrates an inclusive, grassroots approach to...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically reflect on the affective entanglement of both researcher and practitioners in a study of workplace diversity with a transformative agenda. Design/methodology/approach: Events and experiences related to interventions in a municipal center are...