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:
  • Article
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bullying
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Leadership
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  More +
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47747/cdc_47747_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 57.43 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3dbd424958f3faa5a35d1a7fa0633d28c66d6efa35c46307ba4ba5ae492a698f