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Personality traits of bullies as a contributory factor in workplace bullying: An exploratory study

Elizabeth Seigne (American College)
Iain Coyne (Health and Organisations, University of Nottingham)
Peter Randall (the University of Hull)
Jonathan Parker (Bournemouth University)

International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior

ISSN: 1093-4537

Article publication date: 1 March 2007

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Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between personality characteristics - as indexed by the ICES Personality Inventory (Bartram, 1994; 1998) and the IBS Clinical Inventory (Mauger, Adkinson, Zoss, Firestone & Hook, 1980) - and bullying behavior. Although it proved to be difficult to obtain a large enough sample of bullies, the findings indicated that bullies are aggressive, hostile, and extraverted and independent. Furthermore, bullies are egocentric, selfish, and show little concern for the opinions of others. High levels of aggressiveness, assertiveness, competitiveness and independence are traits that are also associated with leadership.

Citation

Seigne, E., Coyne, I., Randall, P. and Parker, J. (2007), "Personality traits of bullies as a contributory factor in workplace bullying: An exploratory study", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 118-132. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-10-01-2007-B006

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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