The Occurrence of Bullying in Global Organizations: A Model and Issues Associated With Social/Emotional Contagion |
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| Authors: | Michael Harvey Darren C. Treadway Joyce T. Heames |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Management School of Business Administration University of Mississippi and Bond University Gold Coast, Australia; Department of Organization and Human Resources School of Management State University of New York at Buffalo; Department of Management and Industrial Relations School of Business and Economics West Virginia University |
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| Abstract: | Workplace bullying in global organizations occurs for several reasons, including growing diversity, increased dispersion of employees in geographic locations, lack of experience of managers with new environments, and varying requirements. To gain insight into the bullying phenomenon, one must examine the characteristics of the bully, the target of bullying activities (e.g., the victim or the bullied), observers of the bullying (e.g., bystanders), and resulting changes in the organizational culture because of the bullying. One additional element to be assessed is the means by which bullying activities are embodied in an organization's culture (i.e., social/emotional contagion). This paper proposes a model of bullying in global organizations and examines the potential of social/emotional contagion developing in global organizations' cultures. |
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