Purpose – This exploratory study aims to examine the usefulness of distinguishing between the cognitive and emotional components of job insecurity. Design/methodology/approach – This cross‐sectional survey study was undertaken in a sample of 600 civil servants. A series of regressions are...

Purpose – This introduction aims to highlight the special contributions made by the articles in this issue in understanding how emotions are implicated in the process of managing. Design/methodology/approach – Presents a model as a means of framing the discussion of the articles included in...

Purpose – This study aims to examine sex and position status differences in the experience of workplace aggression. Based on the imbalance of power thesis, the aim is to posit that: women would report targeting other women; men would report targeting either sex; supervisors would report...

Purpose – This paper emphasizes that employee attributional processing is a vital element in understanding employee aggression in organizations. The purpose of this paper is to summarize attributional perspectives and integrate recent theoretical advances into a comprehensive model....

Purpose – Recent studies suggest that 84 percent of employees are affected in some manner by workplace bullies. The current study aims to integrate theory from social information processing and political skill to explain how bullies can successfully navigate the social and political...

Purpose – This paper aims to present directions for future research by linking the academic fields of workplace bullying and whistleblowing together. This article also suggests implications as to how to deal with the health consequences that can develop after such workplace experiences....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that bullying is a gendered, rather than gender‐neutral, phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews empirical findings on gender and bullying and identifies and discusses theoretical frameworks that can provide explanations...

Purpose – This paper seeks to theorize the interpretations and reactions of targets and witnesses to subtle forms of bullying. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical approach was used to understand target and witness interpretations and reactions. Learned helplessness theory and social...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the extent to which changes in communication media are associated with changes in the nature of manager-expatriate employee communications. Using an affordance lens, the authors explore how hierarchical level and communication medium interact...