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 – 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...

This paper is the first to explore the impact of culture on the acceptability of workplace bullying and to do so across a wide range of countries. Physically intimidating bullying is less acceptable than work related bullying both within groups of similar cultures and globally. Cultures with...