MOBBING AND BULLYING IN THE WORKPLACE Barbara Byrd‚ Ph.D.* Deborah Mailander‚ J.D.** Helen Moss *** Introduction Over the past 15 years in the U.S. and Canada‚ the phenomena of workplace bullying and mobbing (bullying by a group rather than an individual) have been widely discussed and debated. There is a growing consensus among lay people and scholars on the definition of workplace bullying‚ its causes‚ and its effects on individuals as well as on the workplace itself. At the same time
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an organization of workers who act together to secure benefits and rights in the workplace. As a worker‚ you have a right under federal law to form a union‚ select representatives of your choice and bargain cooperatively with your employer. This helps balance the power that employers have over individual employees. A union allows workers to say what changes are needed in the workplace condition and solving workplace problems. With a union contract and grievance procedure to back them up‚ workers
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Employee Relations Dr. Harold Griffin HSA 530: Health Services Human Resource Management February 23‚ 2012 Introduction Employee Relations involves the body of work concerned with maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity‚ motivation‚ and morale (Hopkins & Hampton‚ 1995). Essentially‚ employee relations is concerned with preventing and resolving problems involving individuals which arise out of or affect work situations. This paper will
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Public Relations Publics This tells us that we cannot talk about public relations without reference to publics. A public is any group whose members have a common interest or common values in a particular situation. According to Wragg (1993)‚ public relations publics or audiences can be divided into four categories which include: 1. Functional Publics: They are those publics which enable the organization to perform its chosen tasks. 2. Enabling Publics: These are publics which permit the
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INTRODUCTION Relating and working with people who hold different perspectives and different views brings different qualities to the workplace. Diversity consists of visible and non-visible differences that include sex‚ age‚ background‚ race‚ disability‚ personality and work style. This means that diversity has an impact on the products and services developed by the workforce and on personal‚ interpersonal‚ and organizational activities. Managers of diverse work groups need to understand how their
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Personal Privacy and its importance within the workplace “Privacy in the workplace is one of the more troubling personal and professional issues of our time. But privacy cannot be adequately addressed without considering a basic foundation of ethics” (Hartman n.d). We are unable to reach a meaningful normative conclusion about workplace privacy rights and obligations without an understanding of the fundamental and commons of the ethical basis of justice and also a thorough understanding of individual
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shared their precious time during the process of interviewing. I would like to thank my loved ones‚ who have supported me throughout entire process‚ both by keeping me harmonious and helping me putting pieces together. I will be grateful forever for your love. 4 Abbreviations A ADEA: Age Discrimination in Employment Act ASTD: American Society for Training and Development DOL: Department of Labor EAP: Employee Assistance Program EEO: Equal Employment Opportunity
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study intercultural relation. Discuss Communication occurs between individuals who have varying degree of intimacy within each other. Intercultural relations capability is the degree to which people effectively adapt his/her nonverbal and verbal messages to the appropriate cultural context (Kiss 2008). Intercultural relations can be taken place when individuals influenced by different cultural societies exchange shared meanings in communication. Yet‚ intercultural relations can be formed of different
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businesses and in specialized businesses (Hutton 26). Workplace incivility is a form of organizational nonconformity‚ characterized by low-intensity behaviors that abuse respectful workplaces customs‚ appearing unclear as to intent to destruction. However‚ in modern industrial society‚ incivility is a main cause of violence‚ and it is mostly recognized as a challenge of public health protection (Sidle 88). Arguably‚ Incivility in the workplace is sometimes matched
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PROFESSIONALISM IN THE WORKPLACE SEMINAR Sunday‚ 29 April 2012 8:00 am – 12:00 nn M.H. Del Pilar Campus‚ Valencia St.‚ Sta. Mesa‚ Manila The session is facilitated by Industrial Psychology Group. Target attendees for this Seminar are the Graduate School Students. Purpose The purpose of this workshop is to reinforce best practices as well as key concepts and skills that create a professional team and work environment. Objective At the end of this course‚ each participant will:
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