Workplace bullying refers to a specific type of negative behavior among adults in the workplace. Workplace bullying is not a newconcept in developed countries like Swedish and North America. However in Malaysia the bullying issue covered under MalaysianEmployment Act 1955 on sexual harassment and some restriction from humiliating employees in front of others in theorganization level. There are many factors contribute to workplace bullying which scholars have categorized it as personal andorganizational factors. This paper explored the concept of workplace bullying and it has been used to developed framework forsubcontractor bullying in the construction industry. This paper proposed the framework of subcontractor bullying in theconstruction industry which will be further developed to understand the associated concept in workplace bullying.
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