Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Workplace bullying in the service sector Subject The topic of the resource Adult bullying; work harassment scale; workplace bullying Description An account of the resource Context: Bullying is a problem that people, the world over, grapple with. It is manifest in different forms among different sections of people. Despite its prevalence, workplace bullying has not received much attention in scholarly literature in India. It is also not widely acknowledged as a threat to individual and organizational well-being. The purpose of this study is to add to the existing body of literature on the topic and to draw attention to the gravity of the issue. Aims: The primary objectives are to identify if there exist variations in its incidence on the basis of gender and years of experience, to identify the source of negative behavior, and the type of bullying that is most prevalent. Settings and Design: The study is a type of cross-sectional, descriptive study. Subjects and Methods: Data have been collected from a sample of 84 respondents using the Work Harassment Scale. All respondents are white-collar employees of the service sector in the cities of India. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS v25. Results: The results find that there is no difference in the incidence of bullying on the basis of either gender or years of experience. Moreover, the source of negative behavior is generally one's superiors, and the most prevalent type is 'verbal aggression.' Conclusions: The study concludes with suggestions of steps to be implemented at the national and organizational level, to combat the problem. 2022 Authors. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Savapandit N.; Bharathi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol-38, No. 2, pp. 143-147. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_176_20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_176_20</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85150907777&amp;doi=10.4103%2Fijsp.ijsp_176_20&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=57727d0dd835b8aef84b9131e0ef6370" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85150907777&amp;doi=10.4103%2fijsp.ijsp_176_20&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=57727d0dd835b8aef84b9131e0ef6370</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9719962; CODEN: ISPSE Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Savapandit N., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Bharathi, Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, India