Cultural differences

• bullying can vary a lot between cultures ,bullying can happen more often in some cultures
• How people see and understand bullying can vary between culture too,sometimes something that is seen as mean in one culture might not be considered bad in another culture
• Acceptability of bullying in the workplace,Asian countries,bullying is more accepted than Latin American countries
• Power et al


  1484 employees from 14 countries,physical bullying was seen differently based on culture.

  In Asian countries,people expect bullying to happen,especially if there is a hierarchical structure at work.They may not even recognise these behaviours as bullying
• Different cultures also show different patterns of sources of bullying(who does the bullying)
• D'Cruz and Rayner


  In India its more common for higher ranked employees to bully lower ranked employees
• Omari


  In Australia,peers or co-workers at the same level are the main source of bullying 30% of the time
• Power et al


  Turkey has a more hierarchical society compared to Australias focus on equality

  This could be the reason why when Australian people get bullied within the workplace they are more hurt.They expected to be treated fairly,it breaks the rules at work and against society
• The way people see and define bullying also varies between cultures
• Escartin et al


  In a central American country like Costa Rica,bullying is often seen as overtly.In Spain its viewed covertly
• Both Spain and Costa Rica speak the same language and seem similar in many ways,shows small cultural changes can lead to contrasting ideas
• There are big differences between bullying rates in schools
• Craig et al


  more than 200000 children from 40 countries to see how much bullying happens.

  The highest bullying rates were in Baltic countries where 45% of boys and 35% of girls experiences bullying.

  The lowest rates of bullying were in Scandinavian countries,9% of boys and 5% of girls experienced bullying
• Different cultures also show different patterns in who does the bullying in schools
• Wolke et al


  Kids aged 6-8

  In England,24% of the kids said they were bullied every week but in Germany only 8%

  When it came to being the bully,4.5% of kids in England said they were bullies compared to 7% in Germany
• Cross et al


  Cyberbullying doesnt depend on how much access people have to technology.

  Finland has a lot of digital technology use,but cyberbullying rates are low
• In independent cultures,people focus more on themselves and their actions.They ignore the context and quickly judge someones actions based on personality

  In interdependent cultures,the social context and how others behave matter a lot.They pay more attention to the situation and think about what might have caused the problem.