Don’t Mess With Mama Bear: How Workplace Bullying Bystanders Find Meaning in Their Role

IF 3.1 3区 经济学 Q2 BUSINESS
Jenilee Crutcher Williams, Michelle T. Violanti
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Workplace bullying is a widespread issue with nearly 80 million people in the U.S. affected. Bystanders (i.e., non-bullied witnesses), who can adopt constructive or destructive behaviors, become integral to the trajectory of bullying issues. This study uses a sensemaking in organizations theoretical framework to examine how workplace bullying bystanders in academia make sense of their position. Thirty-seven in-depth interviews and grounded theory data analysis were used to answer the research question: How do people make sense of their role as bystanders throughout workplace bullying processes? An additional bystander role was found, the target-bystander (those who experience both perspectives over time). Participants’ prior target experience heavily influenced their sensemaking as a protective bystander throughout two themes that arose from the data: organizational identity and backstage sensemaking. These findings add to bystander conceptualization and aid business professionals (e.g., supervisors, trainers, and human resources) in developing well-rounded intervention strategies.
别惹熊妈妈:职场霸凌旁观者如何找到自己角色的意义
职场欺凌是一个普遍问题,美国有近 8000 万人受到影响。旁观者(即未受欺凌的目击者)可以采取建设性或破坏性的行为,成为欺凌问题发展轨迹中不可或缺的一部分。本研究采用组织中的 "感性认识"(sensemaking in organizations)理论框架来研究学术界的工作场所欺凌旁观者如何认识自己的立场。通过 37 个深入访谈和基础理论数据分析来回答研究问题:在整个工作场所欺凌过程中,人们如何理解自己作为旁观者的角色?研究还发现了另一种旁观者角色,即目标-旁观者(长期经历两种观点的人)。参与者之前的目标经历在很大程度上影响了他们作为保护性旁观者的意识形成,这贯穿于数据中产生的两个主题:组织认同和后台意识形成。这些发现丰富了旁观者的概念,有助于企业专业人员(如主管、培训师和人力资源部门)制定全面的干预策略。
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CiteScore
7.70
自引率
14.30%
发文量
28
期刊介绍: The International Journal of Business Communication (IJBC) publishes manuscripts that contribute to knowledge and theory of business communication as a distinct, multifaceted field approached through the administrative disciplines, the liberal arts, and the social sciences. Accordingly, IJBC seeks manuscripts that address all areas of business communication including but not limited to business composition/technical writing, information systems, international business communication, management communication, and organizational and corporate communication. In addition, IJBC welcomes submissions concerning the role of written, verbal, nonverbal and electronic communication in the creation, maintenance, and performance of profit and not for profit business.
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