Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how and why school-based programmes to prevent or reduce bullying … being bullied, which in turn enables the school to act appropriately, and second, being able to address bullying … reason to involve parents in school-based bullying prevention. Given the parenting risk factors for bullying perpetration and …

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to examine the psychosomatic model of downward workplace bullying in … different cultures. Design/methodology/approach – A cross‐sectional design was used. Participants were teachers in government … relationship between bullying and physical symptoms is fully mediated by negative affect for the Australian sample but partially …

(physical and sexual) was readily identified by most informants. However bullying, neglect and infringement of rights were less …

targets and third parties make sense of and respond to bullying. It is shown that gendered conceptions of power, gender role …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that bullying is a gendered, rather than gender‐neutral, phenomenon …. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews empirical findings on gender and bullying and identifies and discusses …

Thematic analysis yielded four main themes: micro-political nature of bullying, cynicism about the informal response, the … workplace bullying. Social implications In failing to protect employees, the adverse health difficulties experienced by targets … of bullying are further exacerbated. Originality/value While the literature yields much in terms of types of behaviours …