Last decades showed a high interest in studying the workplace bullying (WB) phenomenon in a variety of disciplines and in a number of WB areas such as concepts and forms of WB, antecedents and consequences of WB, WB interventions, etc. This study offers classification and description of current WB literature, and identifies research gaps to be bridged by further empirical research. In the first part, authors systematically review 167 refereed journal articles, classify the WB research into five main research themes and summarize their findings. In the second part, the article uncovers various unknown aspects of WB and provides concrete directions for future empirical research. Thrust areas of attention are highlighted for industry and policy makers.

过去几十年来，人们对研究各种学科以及世界银行领域中的工作场所欺凌现象表现出了浓厚的兴趣，例如世界银行的概念和形式，世界银行的前因和后果，世界银行的干预措施等。和当前世界银行文献的描述，并确定需要进一步实证研究弥补的研究空白。在第一部分中，作者系统地审阅了167篇审稿的期刊文章，将WB研究分为五个主要研究主题并总结了他们的发现。在第二部分中，本文揭示了WB的各个未知方面，并为未来的实证研究提供了具体的方向。对于行业和政策制定者，重点关注的重点。