Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Firoozeh َAsghari

Faculty member Institute for Social and Cultural Studies

Abstract

Workplace violence is a significant form of organizational misconduct that disrupts not only employee safety but also the overall functioning of the organization. One specific manifestation of workplace violence is verbal abuse. Research indicates that the adverse consequences of verbal violence in organizations often go unnoticed due to its non-physical nature and lack of overt physical manifestation. The aim of the present qualitative study is to explore the experiences of female employees regarding the phenomenon of verbal abuse in the workplace. The participants in this study consisted of 25 female employees working in higher education institutions, selected through purposive sampling. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews, and data analysis was performed using a phenomenological approach based on the Colaizzi method. According to the findings, the primary theme regarding the nature of verbal abuse from the perspective of female employees pertains to gender-based verbal violence, which includes both "sexual" and "non-sexual" verbal abuse.

Keywords

• Workplace violence
• Verbal violence
• higher education institutions
• organizational misconduct
• female employees
• phenomenology

Main Subjects

• Sociolinguistics