Workplace Bullying in Czech Universities
Prevalence, Forms and Organisational Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10566630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katerina Zabrodska (0000-0002-5600-7063, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, corresponding author), Petr Květoň (0000-0003-0899-1534, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 641-668 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Czech Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0288 • E-ISSN: 2336-128X |
| Publisher | Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ) |
| DOI | 10.13060/00380288.2012.48.4.06 |
| OpenAlex | W1265910342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 49 |
Workplace bullying (or mobbing) refers to a destructive form of behaviour that occurs within organisations and that inflicts psychological and social harm on targeted employees, creates a hostile work environment, and affects organisations negatively. This article presents findings from the first Czech study into workplace bullying and other forms of negative workplace behaviour in Czech universities. The aim of the study was to analyse the incidence of bullying among university employees and to examine the organisational contexts that promote bullying. Data from three Czech public universities (N = 1533; F = 58.0%) were collected using a questionnaire distributed among academics, PhD candidates, and administrative staff. Based on a well-established definition of workplace bullying, 7.9% of the respondents reported that they had been targets of bullying during the past year, and 28.8% reported witnessing bullying during the same timeframe. The results indicated a link between hierarchical position and bullying; the majority of respondents who claimed to have been bullied identified their superiors as the perpetrators. In addition, the occurrence of bullying was significantly related to specific organisational factors, namely to a low level of cooperation among employees, a poor work climate, recent organisational changes, and a toxic organisational culture
Context (archaeology · Czech · Environmental health · Geography · Harassment · Harm · Intimidation · Mobbing · Poison control · Political science · Public relations · Victimisation · Work (physics · Workplace bullying · Workplace violence · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying
Intensive Remedial Identity Work
Organisational, work group related and personal causes of mobbing/bullying at work
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Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment at work
Bullying as Circuits of Power
Writing What's Relevant
Faculty Experiences with Bullying in Higher Education
A qualitative study on the development of workplace bullying
The Incidence of Workplace Bullying
Dangerous Work
Take This Job and
Contrapower Harassment in Academia
Aggression among university employees
Workplace violence and workplace aggression
Sexual Harassment at Universities
The Perception and Construction of Sexual Harassment by Czech University Students
Bullying as Intra-active Process in Neoliberal Universities
Workplace bullying and the employment relationship
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |