Workplace Bullying: Case Study of Public Sector University

Zenab Javed, Urooj Qamar, Nighat Ansari, Shamaila Gull

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Abstract

Workplace bullying is an amalgamation of negative behaviors of varying intensity that can severely damage one's ability to work effectively or efficiently. The study aims to examine the prevalence, forms and perceived perpetrator(s) of workplace bullying in a public sector university, ultimately highlighting the existing policies and procedures aiming to discourage the practice of workplace bullying at an organizational level. The study adopts a mixed method strategy. A two-step sampling approach is adopted for gathering quantitative data, where stratified sampling was followed by simple random sampling technique. For qualitative data, purposive sampling is used. The study identifies that workplace bullying prevails among university's faculty members where more than half of the respondents were exposed to it. The perceived perpetrators were mostly male employees targeting male employees on the same hierarchical level. Also, faculty members belonging from the middle age and those who are at the middle of their career experienced highest exposure to bullying at work.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)174-194
Number of pages21
JournalGovernance and Management Review (GMR)
Volume5
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes

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