(reward, coercive, legitimate, expert and reference) embedded in accounts of bullying behaviours. The main sources of power … bullying and open new directions for future research concerning the different sources of power behind bullying behaviours. …This paper tries to shed light about the political dimension of workplace bullying through the quantitative analysis of …

(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 …

Taking advantage of temporal and geographical variations in the timing of school holidays in Germany, this paper finds … that school holidays cause an 19 percent (0.03 percentage points) decrease in the probability of youth suicide. This effect … find evidence of a spike in suicide propensity in the first two days following the end of school holidays. The results are …