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Organisational sequestering of workplace bullying: Adding insult to injury

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This paper explores empirical data from human resources practitioners and employees to define the ways in which organisations respond to complaints about workplace bullying in New Zealand. Despite recommendations that organisations take workplace bullying seriously and increasing research in recent years, little evidence exists of improvements in the management of this problem. Indeed, this study adds to the gloom by providing an account of the ways in which a group of organisations failed to take responsibility for the welfare of their employees and members. A selection of disappointing responses to requests for help, and some possible explanations for these responses, is presented. Crucially, a set of terms for identifying organisational inaction towards full resolution of workplace bullying is introduced, resolving some aspects of denotative hesitancy in this area. Defining the approaches that hinder resolution of workplace bullying may contribute to its reduction.

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  • Thirlwall, Alison, 2015. "Organisational sequestering of workplace bullying: Adding insult to injury," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 21(2), pages 145-158, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:21:y:2015:i:02:p:145-158_00
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    1. Eva Zedlacher & Denise Salin, 2021. "Acceptable Behavior or Workplace Bullying?—How Perpetrator Gender and Hierarchical Status Affect Third Parties’ Attributions and Moral Judgments of Negative Behaviors," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-18, June.
    2. Premilla D’Cruz & Roelie Mulder & Ernesto Noronha & Niels Beerepoot & Slawek Magala, 2019. "The changing role of the nation-state and regulation: Workplace bullying legislation in The Netherlands," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 30(1), pages 77-98, March.
    3. Juliet McMahon & Michelle O’Sullivan & Sarah MacCurtain & Caroline Murphy & Lorraine Ryan, 2021. "“It’s Not Us, It’s You!”: Extending Managerial Control through Coercion and Internalisation in the Context of Workplace Bullying amongst Nurses in Ireland," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-18, June.
    4. Margaret Hodgins & Duncan Lewis & Sarah MacCurtain & Patricia McNamara & Victoria Hogan & Lisa Pursell, 2020. "“ . . . A Bit of a Joke†: Policy and Workplace Bullying," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(2), pages 21582440209, June.

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