Individual antecedens of bullying: victims and perpetrators
2003
Since the beginning of bullying research, the causes of bullying at work have
been a hot issue of debate in both the popular press and the scientifi c community. While some argue that such individual antecedents as the personality of bullies and victims may indeed be involved as causes of bullying
(e.g., Coyne et al., 2000), others have totally disregarded the role of individual
characteristics. Heinz Leymann (1993, 1996), one of the founders of bullying research, categorically claimed that organisational factors relating to the
organisation of work and the quality of leadership behaviour were the main
causes of bullying. He rejected the idea that the personal characteristics of
the victim are capable of playing any part in the development of bullying at
work. This standpoint is also strongly advocated by some victims of bullying
and their organisational networks. Other victims and their spokespersons
have claimed that bullying is mainly caused by the psychopathic personality
of the bully (e.g., Field, 1996).
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