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Innovations in Qualitative Approaches for Studying Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment

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Qualitative research has the power to create awareness about social justice issues and the potential power to create social change (Denzin & Lincoln, 2011). These possibilities may be enhanced through the utilization of qualitative research techniques that are designed to approach social problems in new and creative ways. The focus of this chapter is on innovations in qualitative investigations of workplace bullying, harassment and emotional abuse. While some of the qualitative methods discussed in this chapter may not necessarily be entirely new qualitative tools, they are included because they have not been used widely to study workplace bullying, emotional abuse and harassment, if at all. The chapter begins with a brief overview of qualitative research on workplace bullying followed by a discussion of innovative qualitative research. Specifically, the qualitative techniques of participatory action research, critical incident technique, systematic diary research, critical hermeneutic phenomenology and innovative arts (bubble dialogue, photography, creative writing, autoethnography and performance ethnography/ethnotheatre) will be explored. The chapter will conclude with possibilities for the development of additional innovative qualitative approaches to workplace bullying research.

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Tye-Williams, S. (2019). Innovations in Qualitative Approaches for Studying Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment. In: D'Cruz, P., Noronha, E., Notelaers, G., Rayner, C. (eds) Concepts, Approaches and Methods. Handbooks of Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5334-4_17-1

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