Blackboard bullies: workplace bullying in primary schools

Doing Sensitive Research Sensitively: Ethical and Methodological Issues in Researching Workplace Bullying

“…This article highlights the unexpected challenges I experienced while undertaking doctoral research on workplace bullying amongst primary school teachers in Ireland (Fahie, 2010). During and after the research process a number of unforeseen ethical and methodological issues emerged, which caused me to question my positionality as researcher.…”

The (Un)Questionable Challenges of Sample Access, Recruitment and Retention in Contemporary Workplace Bullying Research

“…Workplace bullying research carried out by this author on the bullying of teachers and school principals in Irish primary schools also relied on a relatively small sample size (just 24) (Fahie 2013, Fahie and Devine, 2014, Fahie, 2014aand 2014b. Once more, sample access for this study proved a very real challenge.…”

Problem-Focused Coping Strategies, Workplace Bullying, and Sustainability of HEIs

“…The discussion on diverse styles of coping strategies and their efficiency in navigating specific situations of stress in an individual's private and professional lives have been thoroughly discussed in the literature [15][16][17][18][19][20]. In a similar manner, the discussion on bullying in the workplace maintains its momentum [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][21][22][23]. In this context, bullying in HEIs establishes itself as an important and self-standing challenge [24][25][26].…”

“…In this context, bullying in HEIs establishes itself as an important and self-standing challenge [24][25][26]. Bullying in HEIs is a multi-scalar problem [8][9][10] that affects an individual's well-being and takes such forms as anxiety, insomnia, indigestion, lack of appetite, and others. It also affects an individual's family and family life because the stress and strain are "imported" into the household [27].…”

“…The debate on bullying in academia is not new, and yet regrettably the problem persists, and relating research maintains its relevance [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Diverse forms of bullying exist.…”