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      The Theory of Bullying Conflict Cultures
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      The Theory of Bullying Conflict Cultures

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      Developing a New Explanation for Workplace Bullying

      The Theory of Bullying Conflict Cultures

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      The Theory of Bullying Conflict Cultures book

      Developing a New Explanation for Workplace Bullying
      ByNathalie Desrayaud, Fran C. Dickson, Lynne M. Webb
      BookThe Routledge Handbook of Communication and Bullying

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      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2018
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 12
      eBook ISBN 9781315148113
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      ABSTRACT

      This chapter offers a fresh perspective on bullying in the workplace by proposing the application of Gelfand, Leslie, and Keller’s (2008) Theory of Conflict Cultures to the communicative behavior of bullying. Gelfand et al. proposed a typology of four conflict cultures. We argue that bullying more likely emerges in certain conflict cultures, especially those that actively address conflict and that tolerate disagreeable conflict behaviors. In such conflict cultures, bullying can become socialized, normalized, and widely tolerated. We discuss the veracity of our proposed theory of Bullying Conflict Cultures using the academic workplace as an exemplar. Finally, we explain how conceptualizing bullying as a conflict behavior that occurs in organizational conflict cultures allows for new ideas about the etiology of workplace bullying, new strategies for diminishing bullying in the workplace, and new directions for future research.

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