Communication Studies, Department of
Date of this Version
1-2015
Citation
Management Communication Quarterly 29:1 (January 2015), pp. 3–27.
doi: 10.1177/0893318914552029
Abstract
This study examined narratives that targets of workplace bullying told about their difficult work experiences along with how co-workers were framed in these narratives. Three different narrative types emerged from their accounts: chaos, report, and quest narratives. Co-worker responses of support or lack thereof were related to the construction of various narrative forms and the level of narrative agency evident in target accounts. The study has important implications for the difference co-workers can make in a target’s ability to withstand bullying and narrate his or her experience.
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Human Resources Management Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Other Communication Commons, Work, Economy and Organizations Commons
Comments
Copyright © 2014 Stacy Tye-Williams and Kathleen J. Krone. Used by permission.