• Sherjung Khadka

Introduction: Workplace bullying is a repeated aggressive behavior of someone with the intention to hurt another person physically or psychologically in the workplace. It is quite complex in nature. It has become a major problem in the workplace. The present study analyzes the causations of bullying in small business sector in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Workplace bullying is dependent variable and causation factors such as work environment, personal characteristics, and targets of other people are independent variables of the study. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the causations of workplace bullying in small business sector in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Specially, it analyzed the relationships between dependent variable and independent variables. Methodology: Quantitative research design was used to conduct the research. The questionnaire was distributed to the randomly selected as the sample respondents. The correlation analysis was carried out for the research work. The SPSS Version 25 for Window was used to analyze the data. Findings: There is a positively significant relationship between workplace bullying and work environment (r = .852, n = 75, p< 01), personal characteristics (r = .786, n = 75, p< 01) at 1 per cent level of significance, and targets of other people (r = .628, n = 75, p< 01) at 1 per cent level of significance.

Workplace bullying, productivity, work concentration, small business, targets of other people.

"CAUSATIONS OF WORKPLACE BULLYING IN SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR IN KATHMANDU VALLEY, NEPAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.432-438, August-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008056.pdf

"CAUSATIONS OF WORKPLACE BULLYING IN SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR IN KATHMANDU VALLEY, NEPAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp432-438, August-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008056.pdf