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Bullying Employees in a Nonprofit Organization

In: Understanding Workplace Bullying

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  • Devi Akella

    (Albany State University)

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This chapter concentrates on the role of language and discourses through which management can bully their employees. The “bully” is no longer centered with the manager, nor is it depersonalized within the structural and technological modalities of the organization; instead, it flows from the threats, orders, and commands issued by the supervisor. There is no visible outward yelling, screaming, or shouting. Gestures, body language, verbal talk, emails, text messages, and organizational norms and values, which never breach the professional code of conduct, communicate the disapproval of the supervisor, effectively intimidating the subordinate of the dire consequences of his/her inability to comply with the wishes of the management. Empirical data from a nonprofit organization encompassing eight in-depth interviews with the employees, along with the theoretical framework of post-structuralism and disciplinary power strategies, are used to examine how workplace bullying unleashed via different forms of discourses can modulate the subjectivities and identities of employees so that they comply with the demands and expectations of the management.

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  • Devi Akella, 2020. "Bullying Employees in a Nonprofit Organization," Springer Books, in: Understanding Workplace Bullying, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 71-99, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-46168-3_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46168-3_5
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