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Understanding individual experiences of cyberbullying encountered through work
journal contribution
posted on 2016-09-15, 10:17 authored by Wayne Heatherington, Iain CoyneIain CoyneLittle research has explored individual experiences of cyberbullying in working contexts. To start bridging the gap in our current understanding, we used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore individuals’ shared experiences of cyberbullying encountered through work. In-depth interviews, conducted with five cyberbullied workers from the pharmaceutical, charity and university sectors, resulted in five superordinate themes: attributions of causality; crossing of boundaries; influence of communication media richness on relationship development; influence of communication explicitness and openness; and strategies for coping. Overall, some similarities emerged between cyberbullying experiences and traditional bullying research, yet the complexities associated with managing relationships, both virtually and physically, were central to individuals’ subjective experiences. Practical implications in developing effective leadership and business policies to support virtual groups and manage behaviours are discussed.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Published in
International Journal of Organizational Theory and BehaviorVolume
17Issue
2Pages
163 - 192Citation
HEATHERINGTON, W. and COYNE, I.J., 2014. Understanding individual experiences of cyberbullying encountered through work. International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, 17(2), pp. 163-192.Publisher
© 2014 PrAcademics PressVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2014-01-01Publication date
2014Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior and the definitive published version is available at http://pracademics.com/attachments/article/17/Article 2_Heatherington Coyne.pdfISSN
1093-4537Publisher version
Language
- en