Applying strategies for dealing with workplace bullying
Michael Sheehan and Michelle Barker; Rayner, Charlotte. International Journal of Manpower20. 1/2 (1999): 50-56.
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This paper provides a brief overview of some of the applied approaches being taken in 4 countries to deal with workplace bullying and services as a preamble to articles by Archer, Crawford, Lewis, Sheehan and Zapf. The work undertaken by the Beyond Bullying Association in Austria and that of the Anti-Bullying Centre in Dublin is discussed. Swedish legislation that addresses bullying and the ways that employers, unions, university researchers and voluntary sector organizations attempt to deal with bullying in the UK is also examined. The likely legal and economic implications for organizations and society are discussed.
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Michael Sheehan and Michelle Barker: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, and
Charlotte Rayner: Staffordshire University Business School, Stafford, UK
Introduction
As mentioned in the foreword to this special issue, the articles presented in this section take an applied focus to the problem of workplace bullying. It is not our intention to further summarise the articles at this point. Rather, we turn our attention to some of the ways the problem is being dealt with in some countries as a way of suggesting strategies that might be useful for addressing the problem at a structural level, rather than at the organisational level. Our focus is on socio-political endeavours to influence change in Australia, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and the UK. Understanding some of