Despite the recent increase in focus on workplace bullying, research into the phenomenon referred to as ‘upwards bullying’ (i.e. managers who are bullied by their staff) has received modest attention. This paper presents the results from two studies, an interview and questionnaire study, into upwards bullying. In particular, the results in relation to the social support managers who had been up...

Background: AIDS is a serious problem which affects all aspects of an individual’s life. Affected persons have a fear of being excommunicated or being abandoned by their family or friends, so they hide their infectious status. This factor causes the infection to spread more easily. Family has a major supportive role for individuals suffering from AIDS and the family support results in promotion...

This study identifies social and psychological factors that play a role when using telework as an instrument for reintegration. The factors are identified by studying literature about telework and return-to-work. An intersection of the variables found in both fields gives the following four imporant factors: working time / work rhythms, career uncertainty, social support and motivation / self-e...

The paper draws together two conceptualisations of resilience in bereavement and widowhood that were developed by Bonanno (2004) and Moore and Stratton (2003), both using North American data. This paper has re-examined data from two United Kingdom studies of widowerhood. Among an aggregate sample of 60 widowers, 38 per cent showed resilience in the face of the exacting challenges that late-life...

How do consumers cope when life‘s events seem to stretch beyond their personal control? This research posits that consumers will seek greater structure in consumption—or the sense that everything is in its designated place—and that the boundaries present in one‘s environment offer an important means by which they may find such structure. Five experiments demonstrate that when personal control i...