Keywords

psychological abuse, mobbing, verbal abuse, workplace bullying, workplace harassment, workplace mistreatment, workplace aggression, psychological violence, employee, employee emotional abuse, emotional, emotional abuse, bullying, job, workplace, bully, occupational, mobbing, incivility, interpersonal conflict, harassment, psychological violence, employee abuse, psychological, service, service positions, women, black, non-white, narcissists, work, boss, bosses, managers, target, age, IPV, interpersonal violence, younger, females, marital status, divorced, single, married, occupation, positional power, relational power, Marx, Marxist, social, social conflict, education, health, minority, education, region, attendance, church, religious, professional, educational, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH, prestige, put down, act upset, upset, shout, personal space, space, sociology, policy, victim, business, academia, co-worker, humiliation, intimidation, slander, social isolation, isolation, perpetrator, stress, discriminatory, discrimination, hospital, court, harassment

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study is to identify those people at most risk of being bullied at work. While much research is being conducted on school bullying, little has been conducted on workplace bullying. Using data gathered from a 2004 study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center for the General Social Survey, which included a Quality of Work Life (QWL) module for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), linear regressions indicated significant findings. As predicted, workers in lower level occupations, as ranked by prestige scoring developed at National Opinion Research, are more likely to be victimized. Data also suggest that being young, Black, and relatively uneducated may contribute to being bullied in certain situations. Future research is needed to examine influences of socio-economic, legal, and other demographic factors that may predict the chance of being bullied.

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Graduation Date

2010

Advisor

Huff-Corzine, Lin

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

College

College of Sciences

Department

Sociology

Degree Program

Applied Sociology

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0003235

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003235

Language

English

Release Date

August 2010

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

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