Grounded Theory Approach

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Exploring Victim’s Experiences of Workplace Bullying: A Grounded Theory Approach
By Ciby, Mariam; Raya, R. P.
27.01.2017
The paper brings out the experiences and feelings of the victims of workplace bullying. This study finds the victim’s experiences in the IT companies in India from a perspective which is explanatory. The In-depth interviews were conducted with the victims to collect the qualitative data about the bullying activities. Then analysis was done using Grounded theory approach which resulted in a Conceptual model, explaining the antecedents, bullying behaviours, its consequences, and ways in which victims were self-coping. Major antecedents of bullying at workplace as identified are Job demands, leadership and management styles of the supervisor, and interpersonal conflict. The new bullying behaviours explored are like taking ownership of other’s work, deliberately taking other’s demanding assignments …show more content…

In open coding, the researcher read the data meticulously to understand the meaning and the context of the event. In axial coding, the relationships based on their dimensions and properties were established between the different categories and subcategories. In selective coding, a core category was selected and all the other categories were integrated to build a theory.
The application of grounded theory has resulted in a Conceptual model illustrating the phases of workplace bullying. It explicates the interrelationships between various phases of workplace bullying such as antecedent phase, bullying phase, and outcome phase. The antecedent phase explains the triggering factors which lead to the bullying phase. The bullying phase demonstrates the development of negative bullying behaviours into the phenomenon of workplace bullying. The outcome phase explains outcomes of workplace

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