Bullying in the Digital Age: The Anatomy of Cyberbullying in Organizations

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dc.contributor.authorBattal, Fetullah
dc.contributor.authorÖz, Halil Hakdan
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-01T15:48:05Z
dc.date.available2026-09-01T15:48:05Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.departmentBayburt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe increase in electronic and computer-based communication and information sharing has significantly altered individuals’ social communication, learning methods, and entertainment styles. Digitalization has made individuals a part of the virtual world in almost every field, such as education, communication, and trade. With the digital age, the tools used by individuals in business and daily life are changing. Internet technologies that facilitate working life for organizations have become indispensable today. Information and communication technologies have increased communication channels, which have improved formal and informal relations between employees, thus enabling them to solve their work in a fast, easy, and accessible way without waiting. However, in addition to the mentioned contributions, it is known that digitalization has negative effects on the individual’s psychology and business life. These negative effects cause the development of cyberbullying in organizations. Cyberbullying refers to intentional and hostile behavior that aims to harm the individual using digital and technological tools. Cyberbullying cases are also observed in organizations where digitalization is intense and strong. It is possible to see the presence of cyber bullies who do not feel effective and adequate when they interact directly in organizations, and therefore tend to create a negative and harmful effect by hiding themselves online, with the disturbing messages they send, humiliating comments on social networks, and threatening and intimidating posts they publish. For example, a manager criticizing an employee in a humiliating language in a public email or an employee spreading unfounded information about another employee on social media is considered in this context. Exposure to humiliating, threatening, and intimidating behaviors in digital environments negatively affects employees. Employees exposed to cyberbullying may have psychological symptoms such as work-related stress, anxiety, irritability, fear, and depression. Physically, insomnia, headache, and general health problems can be observed. This situation leads to behaviors that will negatively affect organizational activities, such as low job satisfaction, distrust towards the organization, decreased organizational commitment, and disengagement from work. Organizations need to develop effective policies to prevent cyberbullying. In order to increase the effectiveness of the policies to be developed, it is important to anatomically examine how cyberbullying behavior is shaped, with which tools it is done, and its effects. In this respect, this study aims to examine the antecedents, tools, and consequences of cyberbullying in detail and thus to develop recommendations to prevent cyberbullying. Copyright © 2026 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
dc.identifier.endpage40
dc.identifier.isbn979-890134348-7
dc.identifier.isbn979-890134296-1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105045445636
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage29
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/8392
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNova Science Publishers, Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofThe Dark Side of Digitalization in Organizations
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararası
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260820
dc.subjectCyberbullying
dc.subjectDigitalization
dc.subjectLiterature Review
dc.titleBullying in the Digital Age: The Anatomy of Cyberbullying in Organizations
dc.typeBook Chapter

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