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Bullying at School and in the Workplace: A Challenge for Communication Research
Sini RainivaaraMaili PörhöläSanna Karhunensubject
Communicationmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesApplied psychologyCommunication studies050801 communication & media studiesCommunication theoryCultural communicationNonverbal communicationInterpersonal relationship0508 media and communicationsWorkplace harassment0502 economics and businessCommunication in small groupsPsychologySocial psychology050203 business & managementSeriousnessmedia_commondescription
In this chapter, previous literature concerning school bullying and workplace harassment is reviewed from a communication perspective. The chapter details the seriousness and extensiveness of bullying, among both children at school and adults at work. We intend to provoke discussion of how communication research and theory might help us in understanding and explaining bullying. As elaborated here, bullying appears in interaction situations, mostly in the forms of verbal and nonverbal communication; it exists in the interpersonal relationship of bully and victim, and it can be associated with group communication processes and the structuration of groups, as well as with organizational and cultural communication processes. The benefits of applying communication theories and constructs to research focusing on bullying are demonstrated, and suggestions for future studies are made.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-01 | Annals of the International Communication Association |