Empirical findings on bullying in the workplace DIETER ZAPF, STÅLE EINARSEN , HELGE HOEL AND MAARIT VA RT I A

doi:10.1201/9780203164662-11

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Empirical findings on bullying in the workplace DIETER ZAPF, STÅLE EINARSEN , HELGE HOEL AND MAARIT VA RT I A

ABSTRACT

This chapter aims at summarising some descriptive empirical findings of bullying in the workplace. We will start with the frequency and the duration of bullying, the number, gender and status of bullies and victims, distribution of bullying across branches and the use of various categories of bullying. The empirical basis of this chapter is restricted to studies carried out in Europe.