The individual effects of workplace bullying; Experiences from Namibia.

Abstract

Workplace bullying has also been documented to have detrimental implications for employees, ranging from psychological to physical harm. Bullying in the workplace has a negative influence on organisational and individual performance, which has a knock-on effect on the workplace environment. Twelve self-reported targets were interviewed in depth using a qualitative approach, and data were analysed using the content analysis technique. Themes which emerged on coping with workplace bullying were; psychological, social, Physical and Mental Fatigue and Work Performance. Anxiety, feeling anxious, feeling edgy, Frustration, Weight loss, feeling tired, Irritated, Stress, Sleep disturbances, Fear, Headaches, Inability to concentrate, not happy, Lost confidence in self were the as the individual effects of workplace bullying. The present study contributed to the workplace bullying research by describing workplace bullying as a process in which targets’ experience bullying the data provided are in a new national context (Namibia). The researchers recommend inhouse mental wellbeing checks. Work life balance mechanism for HR Costing of employee absence and reduced productivity.