DIVERSITY: SOURCE OF BULLYING

The study had explored the root cause of bullying and attempt to find out the relation of diversity with bullying. It also attempts to find out the association of bullying and different forms of conflict. Two staged random sampling is used. Data collected from 270 respondents suggest that there is bullying with respect to gender and religion which further gives rise to conflict and reduces the performance of the organization. Diversity brings changes that may or may not be welcomed and as a result of which people try to bully others majorly on the basis of gender and religion as a primary and secondary dimension of diversity. This study will help the organization to understand the reason for bullying with respect to diversity and suggest different measures for managing diversity so as to marginalize bullying from organization and society.