Trouble At Work

Trouble in the workplace - whether it is bullying, harassment or stress - is always in the headlines. Yet, in many discussions, the research and statistics that are cited prove unreliable. This book summarizes the largest specialist research programme on ill-treatment in the workplace so far undertaken. It provides a powerful antidote to half-truths and misinformation and offers a new way of conceptualizing trouble at work, moving the discussion away from individualized explanations - and talk of 'bullies' and 'victims' - towards the workplace characteristics that cause trouble at work. The biggest problems arise where organisations fail to create a workplace culture in which individuals really matter. Paradoxically, these are often the organizations which are well-versed in modern management practices.

• • Author: Ralph Fevre, Duncan Lewis, Amanda Robinson, Trevor Jones
• • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• • Publication Date: Jan 16, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 272 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1472557484
• • ISBN-13: 9781472557483