Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/2033
Title: Bystanders in Workplace Bullying: Working University Students' Perspectives on Action Versus Inaction
Authors: Paull, Megan
Omari, Maryam
D'Cruz, Premilla
Cangarli, Burcu Guneri
Keywords: bystanders
helping behaviour
human resource management
participant stories
sexual harassment
workplace bullying
Organizational-Change
Behavior
Intervention
Harassment
Model
Consequences
Victims
Context
Impact
Roles
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract: There is increasing interest in bystanders to workplace bullying, including from human resource management (HRM) perspectives. This paper draws on literature from the fields of sexual harassment and helping behaviour to develop understanding of bystander action and inaction. Part of a project on workplace bullying, this study used online story-based responses from university students in Australia, India and Turkey with workplace experience to elicit bystander and target interpretations of the behaviour. Findings suggest that even when bystanders are aware of bullying, they do not always intervene for reasons ranging from powerlessness and fear to avoidance and ignorance. Helping behaviours, including private support or making a report, were described by some respondents, with contextual factors linked to the perpetrator or the organisation influencing responses. The importance of the HRM role in facilitating bystander action, drawing on the helping behaviour and sexual harassment literature, is a focus of the findings and implications.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7941.12216
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/2033
ISSN: 1038-4111
1744-7941
Appears in Collections:Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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