Perceived victimisation as a consequence of bullying
Perceived victimisation as a consequence of bullying

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: This present study aims to identify the percentages of perceived victimisation, as a consequence of bullying, among Romanian employees and to identify if there are any differences in the frequency of bullying exposure and in the way women and men are bullied. A number of 220 Romanian employees participated in this present study from whom 58 were male and 162 were female, 118 came from private small firms and 112 came from public institutions. All these participants received a bullying definition of bullying. The participants had to specify if according to this definition: (1) they were exposed to this phenomenon (i.e. perceived victimisation); (2) in case they were exposed, with what frequency they had encountered the bullying behaviors. After that, the participants answered the Negative Acts Questionnaire Revised (NAQ-R; Einarsen, Hoel & Notelaers, 2009) in order to asses gender differences in the way women and men are bullied. The results revealed that: (1) 15%-labeled themselves as bullying victims; (2) 37.9% of women encountered bullying behaviors with a frequency of “now and then” comparing to men‟s frequency of 29% and (3) there were no gender differences in the way people were bullied. The results of the present study are convergent to previous research which revealed that men and women are bullied in the same way.

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