Prof. Michael Rosander
Prof. Michael Rosander is Professor of Psychology. His research focuses on workplace mistreatment, including bullying and sexual harassment, and the organizational conditions, such as the organizational and social work environment and leadership, that contribute to well-functioning workplaces. His work is published in, for example, Work & Stress, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Psychology of Violence.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Organizational Behavior
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Journal Articles:
- Rosander, M. (2021). Mental health problems as a risk factor for workplace bullying: The protective effect of a well-functioning organization. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 65(9), 1096–1106. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxab040
- Rosander, M. (2025). Caught in the crossfire: Bullying of those in managerial positions. Journal of Management & Organization, 31(5), 2277–2300. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2025.10
- Rosander, M. (2026). Working from home: Hybrid and predominantly home-based work in relation to work environment, job satisfaction, and health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 23(4), 524. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23040524
- Rosander, M., & Blomberg, S. (2019). Levels of workplace bullying and escalation – a new conceptual model based on cut-off scores, frequency and self-labelled victimization. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(6), 769–783. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2019.1642874
- Rosander, M., & Blomberg, S. (2022). Workplace bullying of immigrants working in Sweden. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(14), 2914–2938. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.1891113
- Rosander, M., & Blomberg, S. (2025). Psychosocial safety and conflict management as resources for reducing workplace bullying of immigrants working in Sweden. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(2), 426–442. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241264434
- Rosander, M., & Einarsen, S. V. (2026). Sexual harassment at work and its different facets: Age and gender differences in the post-#MeToo era. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 35(4), 421–444. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2026.2683981
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2023). Witnessing bullying at work: Inactivity and the risk of becoming the next target. Psychology of Violence, 13(1), 34–42. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000406
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2026). Workplace bullying in the open: The risks associated with working in an open office. Occupational Health Science, 10, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-025-00246-x
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2026). Being nice, outgoing, curious, organized, and calm—protective or eroded by workplace bullying? Reciprocal effects of personality and bullying, and mechanisms to explain the associations. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1740837. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1740837
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2022). Workplace bullying and tiredness at work: A cross‐lagged prospective study of causal directions and the moderating effects of a conflict management climate. Journal of Occupational Health, 64(1), e12327. https://doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12327
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2026). Making sense of bullying: Brooding and subsequent sleep problems in seemingly safe work environments. BMC Psychology, 14, 644. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04606-2
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2023). Perceived ability to defend oneself against negative treatment at work: Gender differences and different types of bullying behaviours. Applied Psychology, 72(4), 1430–1448. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12443
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2024). Workplace bullying in a group context: are victim reports of working conditions representative for others at the workplace? Work & Stress, 38(2), 115–134. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2023.2283222
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2024). Is there a blast radius of workplace bullying? Ripple effects on witnesses and non-witnesses. Current Psychology, 43(14), 12365–12379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05340-3
- Rosander, M., & Nielsen, M. B. (2025). Work ability and risk of turnover for bystanders to workplace bullying. International Journal of Stress Management, 32(2), 190–203. https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000352
- Rosander, M., & Salin, D. (2023). A hostile work climate and workplace bullying: Reciprocal effects and gender differences. Employee Relations, 45(7), 46–61. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-03-2022-0127
- Rosander, M., Blomberg, S., & Einarsen, S. V. (2024). Psychometric properties and cut-off scores for the Swedish version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire: The full scale and short version. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 65(4), 768–780. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13022
- Rosander, M., Hetland, J., & Einarsen, S. V. (2023). Workplace bullying and mental health problems in balanced and gender-dominated workplaces. Work & Stress, 37(3), 325–344. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2022.2129514
- Rosander, M., Hoel, H., & Blomberg, S. (2025). Protected grounds of discrimination and the risk of workplace bullying. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1488010. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1488010
- Rosander, M., Salin, D., & Blomberg, S. (2022). The last resort: Workplace bullying and the consequences of changing jobs. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 63(2), 124–135. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12794
- Rosander, M., Salin, D., Viita, L., & Blomberg, S. (2020). Gender Matters: Workplace Bullying, Gender, and Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 560178. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560178
- Zahlquist, L., Hetland, J., Notelaers, G., Rosander, M., & Einarsen, S. V. (2023). When the going gets tough and the environment is rough: The role of departmental level hostile work climate in the relationships between job stressors and workplace bullying. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 4464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054464
Courses Taught:
- Group Psychology
- Social Psychology
Prof. Michael Rosander
Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning
Linköping University, IBL
581 83 Linköping
Sweden