Addressing Workplace Bullying: Promoting Employee Wellbeing Through Effective Coping Strategies

Abstract

In the world of unprecedented digitalization and ruthless competition, every industry and businesses globally are vulnerable to
obsolescence and disruptions; that are accounting due to evolving technology, rampant digitalization and evolving customer
expectations/ requirements.
Stringent timelines, scope creeps, ever changing requirements and disruptive technologies are an inseparable element within
organisations in current business landscape and have paved way for micro management, regular monitoring and performance anxieties;
which leads to volatility and ultimately breeds in the concept of “Workplace bullying”.
For an organization to stay ahead of the curve and stay competitive it is important that they have high performing, motivated, engaged and
agile workforce who are aligned and committed to organization’s success. In the current business context, it is critical for the organization
world over to strike a balance between engaged and high performing workforce.
Through the Systematic review of the literature and studies carried out in the areas of workplace bullying, employee engagement, and
coping strategies; this paper investigates the impact that the bullying at workplace can have on the wellbeing indices of an employee,
within the organization It also intends to explore as to how employees leverage coping strategies to help them cope with and alleviate the
demons of bullying at work