This was just a team project that focused on U.S. Women Bullying Women in the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Medical Device Industry where the team had to analyze the dissertation example.

1. Pepperdine University
Graduate School of Education and Psychology
U.S. Women Bullying Women in
the
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Me
dical Device Industry
Sharon L. Lui
May 2012
Daphne DePorres, Ed.D. – Dissertation Chairperson

2. Problem Statement
 Workplace bullying is a major problem, especially in the
United States where 50% of citizens report being affected
by bullying (Namie & Namie, 2009a).

3. Specific Problem
 Several gaps in the literature highlight why it is
particularly important to examine bullying in the U.S.
For instance, most bullying research is conducted in
Europe (e.g., Finland, Germany, Sweden, United
Kingdom, and Italy) and existing research disagrees as
to who are the perpetrators and targets of bullying.
Furthermore, women and men may bully in different
ways, such that women may prefer indirect aggression,
which often goes undetected in the workplace.

4. Methods
 A non-experimental, concurrent
triangulation mixed methods
design was used for this study.
The methods employed an online
survey and interview process to
examine workplace bullying
behaviors among women in the
U.S considering various factors
including age, organizational rank,
level of related PBMD total
experience, length of time at the
company where she may have
experienced or witnessed bullying,
and level of education.

5. Purpose
 The purpose of this study is to expand the body of
knowledge about workplace woman to woman (W2W)
bullying to a locale and industry not yet examined – the
U.S. Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Medical Device
(PBMD) industry.

6. Research Questions
 The following questions were examined:
 1. How do women cope based on their experience and
observations of female targets, witnesses and bullies?
 2. How do demographics such as age, organizational rank,
years of experience in the industry, tenure at the company
where she may have experienced or witnessed bullying, and
level of education influence her experiences?
 3. Do women’s responses to the Negative Acts
Questionnaire (NAQ; quantitative analysis) agree with
women’s responses to open-ended questions in a survey
(qualitative analysis)?

7. Evaluation

8. Evaluation continued

9. Conclusion
 Overall, the general problem was understandable
 The general research was supported by documentation
 Detailed and with relevant data
 The research questions could have been more concise