Publications

Academic, peer-reviewed publications

1. Ng, K., & Yang, W.-N. (2023). Feeling stuck and feeling bad: Career plateaus, negative emotions, and counterproductive work behaviors. Human Resource Management Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12539  

2. Farley, S., Mokhtar, D., Ng, K., & Niven, K. (2023). What influences the relationship between workplace bullying and employee well-being? A systematic review of moderators. Work & Stress. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2023.2169968

3. Nielsen, K., Ng, K., Vignoli, M., Lorente, L., & Peiro, J.M. (2022). A mixed methods study of the training transfer and outcomes of safety training for low-skilled workers in construction. Work & Stress. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2022.2086646 

4. Ng, K., Franken, E., Nguyen, D., & Teo, S. (2022). Job satisfaction and public service motivation in Australian nurses: The effects of abusive supervision and workplace bullying. International Journal of Human Resource Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2022.2070715 

5. Nielsen, K., Ng, K., Guglielmi, D., Lorente, L. Patras, L., & Vignoli, M. (2023). The importance of training transfer of non-technical skills safety training of construction workers. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2022.2052624 

6. Ng, K., Niven, K., & Notelaers, G. (2022). Does bystander behavior make a difference? How passive and active bystanders in the group moderate the effects of bullying exposure. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 27(1), 119–135. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000296

   1. • This paper was featured in the American Psychological Association’s Research Brief in August 2021, a newsletter summarising research findings for general media.

7. Ng, K., Niven, K., & Hoel, H. (2020). “I Could Help, But …”: A dynamic sensemaking model of workplace bullying bystanders. Human Relations, 73(12), 1718-1746. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719884617 

Academic book chapters

1. Reich, T. C., Ng, K., & Niven, K. (writing invited chapter). Third parties to counterproductive work behaviour. In R. Dalal, J. Jensen, & S. Lim (Eds.), Handbook of Counterproductive Work Behavior. Elgar Publishing. 

2. Coyne, I., & Ng, K. (2021). Workplace bullying. In P. K. Smith & J. O’Higgins Norman (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Bullying. Wiley Blackwell. 

3. Niven, K., Ng, K., Hoel, H. (2020). The bystanders of workplace bullying. In Einarsen, S., Hoel, H., Zapf, D., & Cooper, C. (Eds.), Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace: Developments in Theory, Research, and Practice (3rd ed., pp. 385-404). CRC Press. 

   • This book is considered the key text for workplace bullying researchers and practitioners. 

4. Nguyen, D., & Ng, K. (2020). Schadenfreude. In L.-Q. Yang, R. Cropanzano, C. Daus, & V. González-Romá (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Affect (pp. 468-483). Cambridge University Press.

Here is a selection of mainstream (non-academic) publications I have written or in which I've been interviewed...

1. i. Tatum, M. (2024, April 24). Abuse, aggression and assault: the rising toll of crime on retail staff. The Grocer. https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/people/abuse-aggression-and-assault-the-rising-toll-of-crime-on-retail-staff/690580.article   

2. Ng, K. & Johnson, S. (2023, September 18). Violence against workers increased during the pandemic – our research shows how it affected them. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/violence-against-workers-increased-during-the-pandemic-our-research-shows-how-it-affected-them-211646

3. Dörflinger, N., Wehrmann, J., Ng, K., & Johnson, S. (2023, June 15). Gloves off: aggression towards frontline workers. Social Europe. https://www.socialeurope.eu/gloves-off-aggression-towards-frontline-workers

4. Ng, K. (2023, February 8). Dominic Raab claims are more akin to ‘abusive supervision’ than bullying. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/dominic-raab-claims-are-more-akin-to-abusive-supervision-than-bullying-199334  

5. Dori, R. (2023, February 2). הבוס הסיר/ה אותך מהקבוצה (The boss has removed you from the group). Calcalist. https://newmedia.calcalist.co.il/magazine-02-02-23/m02.html   

6. Everett, C. (2022, November 25). Will ‘moral burnout’ become the next workplace epidemic? Raconteur. https://www.raconteur.net/talent-culture/will-moral-burnout-become-next-workplace-epidemic/

7. York, J. (2022, August 22). How workplace bullying went remote. BBC Worklife. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220819-how-workplace-bullying-went-remote

8. Ng, K. & Niven, K. (2022, April 27). Bullying: why most people do nothing when they witness it – and how to take action. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/bullying-why-most-people-do-nothing-when-they-witness-it-and-how-to-take-action-181746

9. Alliance Manchester Business School (2021, January 29). What makes an agile team? Six factors for future success. Forbes.com. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alliancembs/2021/01/29/what-makes-an-agile-team-six-factors-for-future-success/?sh=6ace36ef2a5c