An Experimental Study on the Attribution of Personality Traits to Bullies and Targets in a Workplace Setting

Previous studies on the personality of bullies and targets have exclusively been based on self-report. Against this backdrop we conducted a between group experimental vignette study with three conditions, describing a bully, a target and a control, respectively. Students (n = 242) were recruited as...

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Main Authors: Ståle Pallesen, Morten B. Nielsen, Nils Magerøy, Cecilie S. Andreassen, Ståle Einarsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01045/full