Workplace Bullying Institute


WBI is seeking Spouses or Partners of individuals bullied at work.
As a couple, you and the bullied target must have lived together for at least one year. Ý
We seek only U.S. and Canadian participants.
The research will be conducted by phone; investigators will call.
We will call individuals who best fit our research profile.
Go here to volunteer April 11 - May 11

WORKPLACE BULLYING RESEARCH BY OTHERS
Standing Invitation to Researchers: (1) we can post your research summary and results here to reach a larger, more diverse audience than academic journals alone, (2) students let us track your dissertation or thesis bullying-related project here, and (3) you may request copies of surveys used by WBI for your bonafide research projects. How to contact us is described elsewhere at this website.

WBI-affiliated presenters at the APA/NIOSH/SOHP 2008 Work, Stress & Health Conference, March, 2008 included: Prof. David Yamada, J.D., Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, PhD, Suzy Fox, PhD, Ruth Namie, PhD and Gary Namie, PhD

  • Research papers by Professor of Law, David C. Yamada, J.D., Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA who is a member of the WBI Board of Directors. He is the author of the Healthy Workplace Bill, anti-bullying legislation introduced in several U.S. states since 2003.
    2008: Surviving The Nightmare: A Safety Net Project For Bullied Workers , Work, Stress & Health Conference presentation. Read his abstract.

    2007: Review of current U.S. laws protections and liabilities for bullying

    2004: Editor, Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, special issue on Workplace Bullying, Chicago-Kent College of Law.

  • Research papers by Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik
    Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico
    Email: plutgen@unm.edu

    2008: The Communicative Constitution Of Workplace Bullying , Work, Stress & Health Conference presentation. Read her abstract.

    2008: Organization, V. 15, No. 1, pp. 97-119
    Intensive remedial identity work: Responses to workplace bullying trauma and stigmatization

    2007: Journal of Management Studies, September
    Contains US prevalence estimate and cross-cultural comparisons. Burned by Bullying in the American Workplace: Prevalence, Perception, Degree, and Impact (.pdf format)

    2006: Communication Monographs, December, V. 73, No. 4, pp. 406-433
    Take this job and ... : Quitting and other forms of resistance to workplace bullying


  • Professors Suzy Fox (2006 Researcher of the Year, School of Business Administration; sfox1@luc.edu) and Lamont Stallworth (lstallw@luc.edu) are at the Graduate School of Business, Loyola University Chicago.
    2008: Work, Stress & Health Conference presentations by Suzy Fox, PhD.
    a. Race And Ethnicity As Factors In Workplace Bullying Read this abstract.

    b. Defining Workplace Bullying: Issues of Pervasiveness, Power and Triviality Read this abstract.

    2005: Fox, S. & Stallworth, L.E. Racial/Ethnic bullying: Exploring links between bullying and racism in the U.S. workplace. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66, 438-456.

    2004: Fox, S. & Stallworth, L.E. Employee perceptions of internal conflict management and ADR processes in preventing and resolving incidents of workplace bullying: Ethical challenges for decision-makers in organizations. Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal of Chicago-Kent College of Law, 8, 375-405.

    2008 Emergent Researcher:
  • Jana L. Raver, PhD, Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Workplace aggression from supervisors and coworkers: Comparing targets' outcomes. Paper presented at 2008 Work, Stress & Health Conference. Read her abstract.
    • Related research presented at 2008 Work, Stress & Health Conference

  • M. Sandy Hershcovis, PhD, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    Comparing the outcomes of sexual harassment and workplace aggression: A meta-analysis Read the abstract. Read the entire Journal of Applied Psychology article co-authored with Julian Barling, PhD

  • Alyssa K. McGonagle, et al., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
    Personal Power as a Buffer of Negative Outcomes of Workplace Incivility
    Read the abstract.

  • Bruce R. Wright, M.D. et al., Washington State University, Pullman, WA
    Preliminary Results from the Spokane Heart Study: Testing Links Between Occupational Stress and Coronart Arterty Calcification
    Read the abstract.

  • Nicholas Warren, et al., University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
    Workplace Civility, Verbal Abuse, and Employee Health & Safety
    Read the abstract.

  • Harry S. Shannon Ph.D., et al., McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
    Effects of Workplace Incivility on Psychological Distress and Health
    Read the abstract.

  • Paul A. Landsergis, PhD, MPH et al., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Working Conditions and Masked Hypertension
    Read the abstract.

  • Sergio Iavicoli, M.D. Ph.D., et al., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention (ISPESL), Monteporzio Catone, Rome
    Exploration of Perception fo Psychosocial Risks, Work-Related Stress, Violence and Bullying by Stakeholders
    Read the abstract.

  • Benjamin M. Walsh, et al., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
    An Integrative Approach to the Study of Workplace Mistreatment
    Read the abstract.

  • John K. Yardley, Ph.D., et al., Metrics@Work Inc, St. Catharines, ON
    The Perpetrator Effect of Workplace Incivility and Organizational Outcomes
    Read the abstract.

  • 2007 paper: Biolpsychosocial factors in PTSD and implications for counseling practice
    by Angela Monaghan, Yorkville Univ.

  • A 4-part article reviewing psychological studies related to bullying: July/Aug 2006

  • Injustice at work increases coronary heart disease risk! 2005 Archives of Internal Medicine article

  • 18 month Post-Enactment Report of Utilization of Quebec Provincial Anti-Bullying Labour Standards -- by Prof. Angelo Soares, Univ of Quebec, Montreal (.pdf slide show)


  • Bullying and Mental Health in Academic Workplaces Canadian Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA), 2006

  • Stress can lead to 10 years of premature aging in women according to medical research

  • 2005 U.S. Study on Work Environment includes first-ever national index
    to rank each state on how workers are treated

  • Bad supervisors and blood pressure. A 2003 UK study published in Occupational Environmental Medicine

  • When the Wrong Woman Wins: Building Bullies and Perpetuating Patriarch by Penelope W. Brunner, Ed.D. & Melinda L. Costello, Ph.D (2003)

  • Employers' Law Group Poll: 44% of US Workers Abused, 64% Say Bullied Workers Deserve Legal Redress, 3/21/07

  • 2005 study: Abusive Supervision and Injustice predict workplace violence better than personality -- employee screening criticized

  • Presentation abstracts of the 4th International Conference on Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace, Bergen, Norway, June 28-29, 2004 (in .pdf format)

  • Workplace Bullying Symposium (a collection of published research articles) David C. Yamada, Chair, in the Employee Rights & Employment Policy Journal , 2004, vol 8 (2) published by Chicago-Kent College of Law. See Namie & Namie article and Fox & Stallworth article in this section

  • 2003 Report for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions titled "Preventing Violence and Harassment in the Workplace" by Vittorio Di Martino, Helge Hoel and Cary L. Cooper (in .pdf format)

  • Year 2000 U.K. Workplace Bullying study, Helge Hoel, Ph.D. & Cary L. Cooper, Ph.D., University of Manchester (in .pdf format)

  • Bullying At Work, UK UNISON union survey report, September, 1998

  • Prevalence of Workplace Aggression in the U.S. Workforce:
    Findings From a National Study (.pdf format)
    Aaron C.H.Schat , Michael R.Frone & E.Kevin Kelloway
    In: E.K. Kelloway, J. Barling. & J.J. Hurrell (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of Workplace Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  • Injustice, Stress and Bullying Can Be Expensive by Joel H. Neuman, Ph.D.
    Introduction & Some Basic Definitions
    Causes of Aggression
    Factors that Lead to Unpleasant Internal States and Aggression
    Effects of Stress, Injustice & Negative Affect on Organizations
    Measuring the Costs Associated with Stress, Injustice and Bullying
    Research Bibliography

  • Report of the United States Postal Service Commission on a Safe and Secure Workplace, August 2000 (the 'Califano Report') in .pdf format
    Source of rates for workplace homicide, assaults, harassment, verbal abuse

  • Workplace "Incivilities" survey summary, 6/98

  • SEMINAL ARTICLE IN THE FIELD BY MOVEMENT FOUNDER, HEINZ LEYMANN; ESTABLISHES THE LINK BETWEEN WORK EXPERIENCE AND WORK TRAUMA
    Leymann, H. & Gustafsson, A. (1996) Mobbing at work and the development of post-traumatic stress disorders. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5 (2), 251-275. (in .pdf format)

  • EARLY ARTICLE ON CLINICAL TREATMENT OF BULLIED INDIVIDUALS:
    Groeblinghoff, D. & Becker, M. (1996) A case study of mobbing and the clinical treatment of mobbing victims. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5 (2), 277-294. (in .pdf format)

  • Leading Norwegian researcher Einarsen comnpares bullying's psychological distress to other forms
    Matthiesen, S.B., & Einarsen, S. (2004) Psychiatric distress and symptoms of PTSD among victims of bullying at work. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 32 (3) , 335-356. (in .pdf format)

  • AN ARTICLE DIFFERENTIATING BULLYING AS A SOURCE OF PTSD, re-traumatization
    Tehrani, N. (2004). Bullying: A source of chronic post traumatic stress? British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 32 (3) , 357-366. (in .pdf format)