The study aimed to analyze the concept of bullying from Rodgers' evolutionary perspective, as expressed in the health, legal sciences, social and humanities literature. This was document research, which had for sources of data the articles available in the Periodical Portal / CAPES and Buscalegis from 1954 to 2010. The sample consisted of 46 items. For data analysis, we used the steps proposed by Rodgers in her model of conceptual analysis. In relation to the surrogate/related terms, we discovered psychoterror and mobbing. As for attributes, the most frequently understood were psychological violence and the social exclusion of the worker. The most relevant antecedents were the oppressive conditions of work. Regarding consequences, the highlights were psychosomatic, business and social problems. In this sense, the concept of bullying constitutes psychological violence with the intent to humiliate and socially exclude the victim, provoking psychosomatic disorders, impairing society and the workplace institution.
Violence; Behavior; Bullying; Occupational health
