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Projects explore emotional abuse and bullying in various organizational contexts.

Tracy, S. J., Co-PI w/ Jess K. Alberts. (2004). The form and frequency of workplace bullying in the United States. Jointly funded from the ASU College of Public Programs ($17,549) and Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs ($15,000). $29,467.

Tracy, S. J., Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Alberts, J. K. (Submitted and Confirmed Receipt July ‘05). Is it really that bad? A metaphorical analysis exploring the emotional pain of workplace bullying. Management Communication Quarterly.

Lutgen-Sandvik, P., Tracy, S. J., & Alberts, J. K. (Request for resubmission received; resubmission projected Fall ‘05). Burned by bullying in the American workplace: A first time study of U.S. prevalence and delineation of bullying “degree.” Journal of Management Studies.

Alberts, J. K., Lutgen-Sandvik, P., & Tracy, S. J. (Projected submission Fall ‘05). Workplace bullying: A case of escalated incivility. Anticipated submission to the Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Affiliated Scholar:

Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2005
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
plutgen@unm.edu
http://www.unm.edu/~cjdept/department/faculty.html#LUTGEN-SANDVIK

Pam studies the issues of workplace bullying and employee emotional abuse, particularly the impact of abuse at work on targets and the ways in which employees resist bullying. Along with Drs. Sarah Tracy and Jess Alberts from Arizona State University, Pam is working on a project exploring the experiences of U.S. workers who have been or are currently being bullied and abused at work. Pam is also interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) and further exploring positive communication in organizations based on a strengths perspective of improving human systems. Among other articles, she is author of the following:

  • Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2003). "The Cycle of Employee Emotional Abuse: Generation and Regeneration of Workplace Mistreatment." Management Communication Quarterly, 16 , 471-501.
  • Lutgen-Sandvik, P. (2005). 'But Words Will Never Hurt Me': An Exploratory Study of Workplace Bullying in the U.S." Communication Studies . (under review)