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Family support, school-age and workplace bullying for LGB people

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posted on 2023-08-30, 16:21 authored by Katerina Sidiropoulou, Nick Drydakis, Benjamin Harvey, Anna Paraskevopoulou
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine associations between: family support during the school-age period, and school-age bullying (short-term associations); and family support during the school-age period and workplace bullying (long-term associations) for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults in Britain. Design/methodology/approach: The authors employ retrospective questions regarding family support for LGB children and school-age bullying and questions regarding workplace bullying in the respondents’ present jobs. A 2016 data set was utilized which was created by attending events during the UK LGBT History Month. Findings: The empirical investigation demonstrates that supportive family environments toward LGB children reduce both school-age and workplace bullying. Practical implications: Given the increasing number of people self-identifying as LGB, the significant percentages of school and workplace bullying incidents and the corresponding negative effects on people’s lives, it is important to examine the benefits of family support with regards to reducing school and workplace victimization. This study also reports that family support could have an enduring influence on the experiences of LGB children and adults. Originality/value: No known research has considered the possible developmental benefits of family support on reducing future workplace bullying for LGB children. In addition, this might be the first study which simultaneously examines family support toward LGB children, school-age and workplace bullying.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

41

Issue number

6

Page range

717-730

Publication title

International Journal of Manpower

ISSN

1758-6577

Publisher

Emerald

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2019-06-26

Legacy creation date

2019-06-24

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Business & Law

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