ERIC Number: EJ1027607
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 92
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
The Impact of Workplace Bullying on Primary School Teachers and Principals
Fahie, Declan; Devine, Dympna
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v58 n2 p235-252 2014
While previous research has consistently cited "education" as a high risk profession for negative workplace relationships, there has been little consideration of the impact of workplace bullying for those involved. This paper seeks to address this lacuna through the analysis of 24, in-depth interviews with self-identified victims of workplace bullying who work, or have worked, in primary schools. The study reveals the profound physical, psychological, social, and economic effects of these toxic behaviors upon the interviewees, along with the resistance strategies they employed to help them cope with their experiences. Through a lens of Foucauldian conceptualisation of power, this study explores the broader implications for school organizational culture, as well as for individual teachers and the pupils they teach.
Descriptors: Bullying, Work Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Principals, Victims, Interviews, Phenomenology, Behavior Problems, School Safety, Coping, Psychological Characteristics, Social Problems, Economic Factors, Physical Characteristics, Resistance (Psychology), Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ireland

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