Managerial and Organizational Discourses of Workplace Bullying

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• Alternative Title:
  J Nurs Adm
• Personal Author:
  Johnson, Susan L. ; Boutain, Doris M. ; Tsai, Jenny H.-C. ; de Castro, Arnold B.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE
  
  To explore how workplace bullying is addressed by hospital nursing unit managers and organizational policies.
  
  BACKGROUND
  
  Although workplace bullying is costly to organizations, nurses report that managers do not consistently address the issue.
  
  METHODS
  
  This study used discourse analysis to analyze interview data and policy documents.
  
  RESULTS
  
  There were differences in the manner in which managers and the policy documents labeled bullying-type behaviors and discussed the roles and responsibilities of staff and managers. Policies did not clearly delineate how managers should respond to workplace bullying.
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  
  These differences can allow management variation, not sanctioned by policy. Unclear policy language can also offer insufficient guidance to managers, resulting in differential enforcement of policies.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Article Bullying Female Humans Interprofessional Relations Leadership Male Middle Aged Nurse Administrators Nursing Staff, Hospital Organizational Policy Professional Role Workplace Workplace Violence

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• Source:
  J Nurs Adm. 45(9):457-461.
• Pubmed ID:
  26301552
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5570583
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  KL2 RR025015/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; T42 OH008433/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; 3T42OH008433/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; 5KL2RR025015/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3dbd424958f3faa5a35d1a7fa0633d28c66d6efa35c46307ba4ba5ae492a698f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47747/cdc_47747_DS1.pdf
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