Influence of Work Place Bullying on Organizational Function: A Concrete View

 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review various literature to explore the influence of workplace bullying in Indian organizations.  Design/Methodology/Approach: The study adopted the theoretical approach and centered on the participants’ experiences, interpretations, and reactions toward bullying. Research articles from various geographical areas were reviewed for the purpose. The findings of various research articles were taken into account for making interpretations.  Findings: The study found that the workplace bullying is a universal threat across the world and it is also present in Indian organisations. It can be characterised as becoming aware, confused by mistreatment, assigning blame, using organisational resources and adapting existing circumstances. The findings of studies in Indian organizations and other countries emphasise essentiality of sense-making, network of social support, intricacy of coping mechanisms, employee motivations for keeping quiet and un-favorable and unhealthy impacts of bullying in the workplace as individual, societal and environmental factors all play a role in bullying experiences at workplace. The harassment experienced by the employees in the remote workplace displays all the elements of workplace bullying. The dynamics of bullying revealed certain influence on organizational functional activities.  Research Limitations/Implications: The study examined bullying from various perspective, however, these studies including many others areas would have added interesting insights into the findings on issues created at work place due to bullying.  Practical Implications: The findings point toward the arrogance of HRM practices in Indian organizations. A well expressed and applied antibullying policy may restrict arrogance of HRM practices in Indian organizations.  Originality/Value: The present study contributes to the limited literature on the process of workplace bullying by exploring the process in a new national context (India).