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Ståle Einarsen

Ståle Einarsen

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Psychology
Norway
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
91
Citations
44562
World Ranking
906
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Ståle Einarsen is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with 40 publications in Social Sciences and 22 in Psychology. Subfields of particular focus include Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, General Health Professions, and Health.

Einarsen's research extensively addresses topics related to workplace dynamics and violence. Main topics covered include:

  • Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Stress and Burnout Research

Several recent papers demonstrate their focus area and collaboration with other researchers. These include:

  • "Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace," 2023, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology
  • "Daily work pressure and exposure to bullying-related negative acts: The role of daily transformational and laissez-faire leadership," 2020, European Management Journal
  • "The influence of target personality in the development of workplace bullying," 2021, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
  • "Injustice perceptions, workplace bullying and intention to leave," 2020, Employee Relations
  • "Accumulated Long-Term Exposure to Workplace Bullying Impairs Psychological Hardiness: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study among Nurses," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Einarsen frequently collaborates with other scholars, with a notable number of joint publications. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Morten Birkeland Nielsen (13 collaborations)
  • Johannes Gjerstad (8 collaborations)
  • Jørn Hetland (7 collaborations)
  • Michael Rosander (7 collaborations)
  • Anette Harris (5 collaborations)

Their work has been published repeatedly in several journals and venues, indicating recurring research themes. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health (3 publications)
  • Work & Stress (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Psychology (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2 publications)
  • Applied Psychology (2 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Einarsen has published books. One noted publication is "Nyere ledelsesteori," to be published by Fagbokforlaget eBooks in 2025.

Best Publications

  • The Concept of Bullying and Harassment at Work: The European Tradition

    Ståle Valvatne Einarsen;Helge Hoel;Dieter Zapf;Cary L. Cooper

  • Harassment and bullying at work: A review of the scandinavian approach

    Ståle Einarsen

  • The nature and causes of bullying at work

    Ståle Einarsen

  • Destructive leadership behaviour: A definition and conceptual model.

    Ståle Einarsen;Merethe Schanke Aasland;Anders Skogstad

  • Bullying at work: Epidemiological findings in public and private organizations

    Ståle Einarsen;Anders Skogstad

  • Harassment in the workplace and the victimization of men

    S. Einarsen;B.I. Raknes

  • Bullying and harassment at work and their relationships to work environment quality: An exploratory study

    Ståle Einarsen;Bj⊘rn Inge Raknes;Stig Berge Matthiesen

  • The destructiveness of laissez-faire leadership behavior.

    Anders Skogstad;Ståle Einarsen;Torbjørn Torsheim;Merethe Schanke Aasland

  • Outcomes of exposure to workplace bullying: A meta-analytic review

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Empirical Findings on Prevalence and Risk Groups of Bullying in the Workplace

    Dieter Zapf;Jordi Escartín;Ståle Einarsen;Helge Hoel

  • Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice

    Ståle Einarsen;Helge Hoel;Dieter Zapf;Cary L Cooper

  • Bullying in Danish work-life: Prevalence and health correlates

    Eva Gemzøe Mikkelsen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Individual Antecedents of Bullying: Victims and Perpetrators

    Dieter Zapf;Ståle Einarsen

  • Basic assumptions and symptoms of post-traumatic stress among victims of bullying at work

    Eva Gemz⊘e Mikkelsen;Stale Einarsen

  • Relationships between stressful work environments and bullying: Results of a large representative study

    Lars Johan Hauge;Anders Skogstad;Ståle Einarsen

  • The Prevalence of Destructive Leadership Behaviour

    Merethe Schanke Aasland;Anders Skogstad;Guy Notelaers;Morten Birkeland Nielsen

  • The impact of methodological moderators on prevalence rates of workplace bullying. A meta‐analysis

    Morten Birkeland Nielsen;Stig Berge Matthiesen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Psychiatric distress and symptoms of PTSD among victims of bullying at work

    Stig Berge Matthiesen;Stale Einarsen

  • Relationships between exposure to bullying at work and psychological and psychosomatic health complaints: the role of state negative affectivity and generalized self-efficacy

    Eva Gemzøe Mikkelsen;Ståle Einarsen

  • Bullying and Harrassment in the Workplace: Developments in Theory, Research and Practice

    Stale Einarsen;Helge Hoel;Dieter Zapf;Cary Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Morten Birkeland Nielsen National Institute of Occupational Health
Anders Skogstad
Anders Skogstad University of Bergen
Stig Berge Matthiesen
Stig Berge Matthiesen BI Norwegian Business School
Guy Notelaers
Guy Notelaers University of Bergen
Dieter Zapf
Dieter Zapf Goethe University Frankfurt
Cary L. Cooper
Cary L. Cooper University of Manchester
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Jørn Hetland
Jørn Hetland University of Bergen
Hans De Witte
Hans De Witte KU Leuven
Beatrice van der Heijden
Beatrice van der Heijden Radboud University

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