Workplace Issues

Series: Coping with Sudden Unemployment

February 21, 2008

Unfortunately ‘organisational restructuring’ and ‘downsizing’ are common events in today’s workplace. For those individuals who suddenly lose their job, financial pressures can be overwhelming. Most support individuals receive focus on supporting the individual financially. However even under the best conditions where someone has ample savings and decent job prospects... »

Workplace Harassment: Tanya’s Case Study

October 26, 2007

Tanya is an 18 year old girl who works part time in a shoe store to pay her way through university. The manager is Brad a 29 year old, fit looking man who is a real go-getter can-do sort of personality. Tanya is by contrast quite shy and very well mannered. »

Workplace Harassment: Jack’s Case Study

October 23, 2007

Jack is a 59 year old single male who is a manager in a busy retail firm. Jack feels that life has passed him by a bit. He is regarded as a good manager but he has no ambitions at his stage of life to advance any more. He has worked for the firm for most of his working life and knows everything there is to know about the firm, including who to trust and who to avoid. Recently a younger woman Clare... »

Workplace Bullying: Effective Resposes

October 19, 2007

Here are some recommendations to effectively deal with workplace bullying or harassment. In the next post, we’ll explore a case study example of preferred options. »

Workplace Harassment: Leanne’s Case Study

October 12, 2007

The following case study is based loosely around a real story but the people and the circumstances are fictional. »

Workplace Bullying: Ineffective Responses

October 9, 2007

Defining ineffective options is really difficult because there is not a lot of research evidence to guide people about what are effective and ineffective responses to workplace harassment and bullying in context (Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, 2000: 35). »

Bullying and Your Health

September 28, 2007

According to Field ([2002-2004, Web site (accessed 21/08/06): www.bullyonline.org/workbully/amibeing.htm): »

Bullying Behaviours

September 27, 2007

Let’s identify some key elements of a bully in the following list, adapted from Witheridge’s (2001: 4) outline of open versus hidden bullying. »

Why Do People Harass and Bully?

September 24, 2007

Brinkman and Kirshner (2003: 7) argue that depending upon goals and intentions of people in an organisation for example certain personality characteristics and behaviours emerge depending upon what a task may entail. They claim that there are 4 intentions that people use in their lives in order to function in undertaking tasks. They include: »

What is Bullying Then?

September 20, 2007

Source: www.bullyonline.org/workbully/amibeing.htm »

Series: Coping with Workplace Harassment

September 17, 2007

“Bullying is a compulsive need to displace aggression and is achieved by the expression of inadequacy (social, personal, interpersonal, behavioural, professional) by projection of that inadequacy onto others through control and subjugation (criticism, exclusion, isolation etc). Bullying is sustained by abdication of responsibility (denial, counter-accusation, pretence of victimhood) and perp... »

A Case of Using a Person-Centred and Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Burnout

June 26, 2007

Brett is a 36 year old man who works as an accountant for a small family business. The business is failing and Brett will probably have to begin the process of “winding it up” in the near future. His commitment to the business and his friends, the business owners, has intensified the level of stress he is feeling as a result of the business collapse. He has taken a week off work on sic... »

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