Prevention of and interventions in workplace bullying: A global study of human resource professionals’ reflections on preferred action

Denise Salin, Renee L. Cowan, Oluwakemi Adewumi, Eleni Apospori, Jaime Bochantin, Premilla D'Cruz, Nikola Djurkovic, Katarzyna Durniat, Jordi Escartín, Jing Guo, Idil Isik, Sabine T. Koeszegi, Darcy McCormack, Silvia Inés Monserrat, Miguel R. Olivas-Luján, Eva Zedlacher

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The aim of this study was to analyze Human Resource Professionals’ reflections on the prevention of and intervention in workplace bullying across different countries. More specifically, the study sought to identify what actions were, in the experience of human resource professionals, best to prevent and intervene in bullying and uncover organizations’ motives for engaging in such work. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews (n = 214) in 14 different countries/regions, representing all continents and all GLOBE cultural clusters. Qualitative content analysis was performed to analyze the material. The findings indicate that bullying was largely conceptualized as a productivity and cost issue, and that was largely driving efforts to counter bullying. Training and policies were highlighted as preferred means to prevent bullying across countries. In contrast, there were large national differences in terms of preferences for either disciplinary or reconciliatory approaches to intervene in bullying. This study advances our understanding of what human resource professionals consider preferred ways of managing workplace bullying, and adds to our understanding of cross-national differences and similarities in views of this phenomenon. As such, the results are of relevance to both practitioners and scholars.
OriginalspråkEngelska
Referentgranskad vetenskaplig tidskriftInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
Volym31
Nummer20
Sidor (från-till)2622-2644
Antal sidor23
ISSN0958-5192
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 2018
MoE-publikationstypA1 Originalartikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift

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