ABSTRACT

During the 1990s, the concept of bullying or mobbing at work found resonance within large sections of the European working population as well as in the academic community. A wide range of popular as well as academic books and articles were published in many European languages (e.g., Ege, 1996; Einarsen et al., 1994b; Field, 1996; Leymann, 1993; Niedl, 1995;

CONTENTS

Introduction .............................................................................................................3 The Development of a New Concept: Some Historical Notes .........................5