2019
DOI: 10.28945/4426
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Lessons from Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiments: Leadership’s Deliberate Indifference Exacerbates Workplace Bullying in Higher Education

Abstract: Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to apply Albert Bandura’s findings of the Bobo Doll experiments to organizational behavior and workplace bullying in higher education. The Bandura social psychological experiments confirm that people who see aggression also need to witness an intervention to aggression to learn that the organization does not welcome aggression in their work environment. Background: By applying the Bandura experiment, the researcher shows how leadership can intervene to stop organizati… Show more

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“…What is interesting, and the results of this study confirm it, the problem-focused coping strategy proved an effective mediator of workplace-bullying-related strain and the intention of turnover. This is consistent with arguments raised in the literature that stress that active coping strategies, of which problem-focused coping strategies are a part, tend to yield sustainable solutions to problems, in this case, to bullying in HEIs and its diverse implications [73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80].…”
Section: Discussing the Survey's Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
“…What is interesting, and the results of this study confirm it, the problem-focused coping strategy proved an effective mediator of workplace-bullying-related strain and the intention of turnover. This is consistent with arguments raised in the literature that stress that active coping strategies, of which problem-focused coping strategies are a part, tend to yield sustainable solutions to problems, in this case, to bullying in HEIs and its diverse implications [73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80].…”
Section: Discussing the Survey's Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Leadership and management scholars view apathetic behaviour largely from an employee's lack of motivation due to feeling underappreciated (Abd et al, 2019;Chen & Li, 2019;Hansen & Levin, 2016;Schmidt et al, 2017), or an indifference towards the mission and vision of the organisation (Glerum et al, 2017;Hollis, 2019;Kinyua, 2019). Work on apathy has also considered it from the perspective of non-organisational characterisations such as group (for example, voters, stakeholders and unions) and public apathy.…”
Section: Apathetic Behaviourmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, a child is more likely to respond angrily toward someone if they see their parent acting aggressively toward that person. Using a Bobo doll, Bandura conducted several investigations to test this notion (Hollis, 2019).…”
Section: Social Learning Theory Of Aggressionmentioning
confidence: 99%