Resources on Bullying, Mobbing, and other Forms of Workplace Psychological Violence

Many of the articles below are available through Milne Library.  Access is typically better in Microsoft Edge than in Google Chrome.  Articles not available through the library can be requested through interlibrary loan.  Please contact me at heather.stalter@oneonta.edu if you have any questions or suggestions of other articles to add!

Workplace Bullying Institute. (2021). 2021-Full-Report.pdf. https://workplacebullying.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-Full-Report.pdf

This recent survey offers an overview of prevalence based on a variety of topics including remote work during the pandemic, gender, race, rank, and role; as well as employer reactions, what stopped the bullying, and support for a new law. 

Akella, D. (2016). Workplace Bullying: Not a Manager’s Right? SAGE Open, 6(1), 2158244016629394. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016629394

Ariza-Montes, J. A., Muniz R., N. M., Leal-Rodríguez, A. L., & Leal-Millán, A. G. (2014). Workplace Bullying Among Managers: A Multifactorial Perspective and Understanding. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(3), 2657–2682. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110302657

Bartlett, J. A. (2016). Workplace Bullying: A Silent Epidemic. Library Leadership & Management, 31(1), 1–4.

Boddy, C. R. (2011). Corporate Psychopaths, Bullying and Unfair Supervision in the Workplace. Journal of Business Ethics, 100(3), 367–379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0689-5

Cooke, N. A. (2019). Impolite Hostilities and Vague Sympathies: Academia as a Site of Cyclical Abuse. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 60(3), 223–230. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis.2019-0005

Cooper, C. L., Hoel, H., & Faragher, B. (2004). Bullying is Detrimental to Health, but all Bullying Behaviours are not Necessarily Equally Damaging. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 32(3), 367–387. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069880410001723594

Einarsen, ,K (2017). Ethical Infrastructure and Successful Handling of Workplace Bullying. Nordic Journal of Working Life STudies, 7(1), 37-54. https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.v7i1.81398

Giacalone, R., & Promislo, M. (2010). Unethical and Unwell: Decrements in Well-being and Unethical Activity at Work. Journal of Business Ethics, 91(2), 275–297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0083-3

Hak Joon Kim, Geary, C. A., & Bielefield, A. (2018). Bullying in the Library Workplace. Library Leadership & Management, 32(2), 1–13.

Han, G., Harms, P., & Bai, Y. (2017). Nightmare Bosses: The Impact of Abusive Supervision on Employees’ Sleep, Emotions, and Creativity. Journal of Business Ethics, 145(1), 21–31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2859-y

Harvey, M. G., Buckley, M. R., Heames, J. T., Zinko, R., Brouer, R. L., & Ferris, G. R. (2007). A Bully as an Archetypal Destructive Leader. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 14(2), 117–129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071791907308217

Hecker, T. E. (2007). Workplace Mobbing: A Discussion for Librarians. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 33(4), 439–445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2007.03.003

Henry, J., J. Eshleman, R. Croxton & R. Moniz (2017). Incivility and Dysfunction in the Library Workplace: Perceptions and Feedback from the Field. Journal of Library Administration, DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2017.1412708

Keashly, L., & Neuman, J. H. (2010). Faculty Experiences with Bullying in Higher Education: Causes, Consequences, and Management. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 32(1), 48–70. https://doi.org/10.2753/ATP1084-1806320103

Kendrick, K. D. (2017). The Low Morale Experience of Academic Librarians: A Phenomenological Study. Journal of Library Administration, 57(8), 846–878. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2017.1368325

Kendrick, K. D., & Damasco, I. T. (2019). Low Morale in Ethnic and Racial Minority Academic Librarians: An Experiential Study. Library Trends, 68(2), 174–212. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2019.0036

Khoo, S. (2010). Academic Mobbing: Hidden Health Hazard at Workplace. Malaysian Family Physician: The Official Journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia, 5(2), 61–67.

Leymann, H. (1990). Mobbing and Psychological Terror at Workplaces. Violence and Victims, 5(2), 119–126. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.5.2.119

McKay, R., Arnold, D., Fratzl, J., & Thomas, R. (2008). Workplace Bullying In Academia: A Canadian Study. Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, 20(2), 77–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-008-9073-3

Metzger, A. M., Petit, A., & Sieber, S. (2015). Mentoring as a Way to Change a Culture of Academic Bullying and Mobbing in the Humanities. Higher Education for the Future, 2(2), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347631115584119

Misawa, M., & Rowland, M. L. (2015). Academic Bullying and Incivility in Adult, Higher, Continuing, and Professional Education. Adult Learning (Washington, D.C.), 26(1), 3–5. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159514558415

Nielsen, M. B., & Einarsen, S. V. (2018).What we Know, What we do not Know, and What we Should and Could have known about Workplace Bullying: An Overview of the Literature and Agenda for Future Research. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 42, 71–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2018.06.007

Prevost, C., & Hunt, E. (2018). Bullying and Mobbing in Academe: A Literature Review. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 14(8), 1–1. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2018.v14n8p1

Rayner, C. & Cooper, C. (1997). Workplace Bullying: Myth or Reality - Can we Afford to Ignore it? Leadership & Organization Development Journal. 18(4-5). 211-215. 

Rossiter, L., & Sochos, A. (2018). Workplace Bullying and Burnout: The Moderating Effects of Social Support. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 27(4), 386–408. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2017.1422840

Sloan, L., Matyók, T., Schmitz, C., Short, G., & Associate, L. (2011). A Story to Tell: Bullying and Mobbing in the Workplace. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 1.

van Heugten, K. (2013). Resilience as an Underexplored Outcome of Workplace Bullying. Qualitative Health Research, 23(3), 291–301. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732312468251

Vega, G., & Comer, D. R. (2005). Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Words Can Break Your Spirit: Bullying in the Workplace. Journal of Business Ethics, 58(1–3), 101–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-005-1422-7

Vickers, M. H. (2001). Bullying as Unacknowledged Organizational Evil: A Researcher's Story. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 13(4), 205–217. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014975203542

Wayne, S. J., Hoobler, J., Marinova, S. V., & Johnson, M. M. (2008). Abusive Behavior: Trickle-Down Effects Beyond the Dyad. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2008(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2008.33622318

Yeun, Y.-R., & Han, J.-W. (2016). Effect of Nurses’ Organizational Culture, Workplace Bullying and Work Burnout on Turnover Intention. International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology, 8(1), 372–380. https://doi.org/10.14257/ijbsbt.2016.8.1.33

Zabrodska, K., & Kveton, P. (2013). Prevalence and Forms of Workplace Bullying Among University Employees. Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, 25(2), 89–108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-012-9210-x