Exploring Bullying: A Sociological Perspective on School and Workplace

This essay examines the pervasive issue of bullying in both school and workplace environments, highlighting its detrimental effects on individuals' mental health and overall well-being. The research proposal within the essay aims to identify the extent and seriousness of bullying among children in schools and adults in workplaces, comparing the behaviors of participants in these different contexts. It seeks to understand the similarities and differences in bullying methods and procedures, as well as the potential long-term impacts on mental health and personal development. Through research questions, the essay investigates the specific effects of bullying on children's mental health and adults' career growth, while also exploring the nature of verbal and non-verbal communication associated with bullying and its impact on interpersonal relationships. The author's personal connection to the topic, stemming from personal experiences and observations, underscores the importance of addressing the psychological consequences of bullying and promoting healthier social environments. A timeline is provided for conducting the research, including data collection, literature review, data analysis, and report writing.

Running head: SOCIOLOGY
Sociology
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Title: Bullying at the school and at the workplace
Introduction
Bullying is one of the distinctive patterns towards humiliating and harming others
who tends to be younger, weaker both morally and physically. It is not an aggression relating
to the garden variety but a repeated and deliberate attempt that tends to cause harm the others
who tends to have less power (Einarsen et al., 2018). In the school, harassments or bullying
are some of the major examples of the terms that are generally utilised for illustrating the
aggressive, negative and the unfair nature or the behaviour that is being directed towards the
peers. In the context of employment, bullying includes the intention of aggressive or hurtful
nature or behaviour for subjugating, harming, insulting and humiliating the targeted
colleagues, subordinates and the workmates. The thesis statement of the essay argues with the
fact hoe bullying at the school and at the workplace tends to affect individuals and their
mental health.
The purpose statement for the proposal
The aim or the purpose of this research proposal is to identify and detail the
extensiveness and the seriousness of bullying both in the context of the adults in the
workplace and among the children at the school. This research aims to examine the scenario
of the harassment and bullying at the workplace and at the school side by side targeting to
demonstrate the differences and similarities among the behaviour of the participants
including the children and the adults in various methods and the procedure of bullying
(McDaniel, Ngala & Leonard, 2015). The research proposal aims to identify the probable
effects of bullying towards the mental health and the future growth both among the students
and the adults.
The research questions

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The research question for the research proposal can be the following:
1. What are the effects of bullying on children in the school regarding their mental
health?
2. What are the impacts of the bullying on individual at the workplace towards their
career growth?
3. What are the similarities among the nature of the bullying in the school and at the
workplace?
4. What are the differences among the nature of the bullying in the workplace and at the
school?
Thesis statement
The thesis statement for the research proposal argues how bullying is serious and
harmful for both the children in school and the adults at the workplace. The research
furthermore argues with the extent of the impact of the harassment or bullying on the mental
health and the development among the children in the school as well as the adults at the
workplace when they get bullied by their fellow workers, superiors or opposite gender
(Wilson & Nagy, 2017). The study aims to illustrate the nature or the form of the verbal and
the non verbal communication that are associated with bullying that tends to affect the
interpersonal relationship with the targeted victim.
Readership for the project
My position in this research paper is the role of the researcher. The readership of this
project is the audience of the research paper who are the professor of the university who will
be reading this paper. Besides this, the readership for the project includes the future scholars
who can use this research study for further research and analysis.

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Explanation of personal insight for the task
I believe that I am personally the correct person for taking up this topic for doing
extensive research on it since my best friend and I have experienced bullying at the school at
one point of time. I have furthermore heard how some of my friends in the university faced
bullying when they joined their first job. The effects of the bullying to the people with soft
heart and sentimental mind are very impactful. This particular study thus aim to highlight the
psychological effects of bullying and how it impact’s one’s mind and the process of their
personal development.
Timeline that would be appropriate for the task
The time line that would be perfect for executing the task effectively can be
subdivided in certain time frames. This can be furthermore illustrated by a Gann Chart.
The Process of the Research Week 1-3 Week
4-10
Week
11-13
Week
14-17
Week 18-
21
Week
22-23
Week 24
The identification and the
choosing of the topic
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The procedure of the
collection of the data from
the school and the
employment place
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The creation of the layout 
The review of the literature   
The interpretation and the
analysis of the collected form
of the data set
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The accumulation of the
findings of the data
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Identification of the
limitation of the research
study
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Recommendation and
conclusion for the research
study
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The draft formation  
The final submission 
Figure: The Gantt Chart
(Source: Created by author)

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References
Brendgen, M., & Poulin, F. (2018). Continued bullying victimization from childhood to
young adulthood: a longitudinal study of mediating and protective factors. Journal of
abnormal child psychology, 46(1), 27-39.
Einarsen, S., Skogstad, A., Rørvik, E., Lande, Å. B., & Nielsen, M. B. (2018). Climate for
conflict management, exposure to workplace bullying and work engagement: a
moderated mediation analysis. The International Journal of Human Resource
Management, 29(3), 549-570.
McDaniel, K. R., Ngala, F., & Leonard, K. M. (2015). Does competency matter?
Competency as a factor in workplace bullying. Journal of Managerial
Psychology, 30(5), 597-609.
Pilch, I., & Turska, E. (2015). Relationships between Machiavellianism, organizational
culture, and workplace bullying: Emotional abuse from the target’s and the
perpetrator’s perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 128(1), 83-93.
Wilson, C. J., & Nagy, M. S. (2017). The effects of personality on workplace bullying. The
Psychologist-Manager Journal, 20(3), 123.