Trouble at Work
Published on 16. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-4725-5748-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-5748-3 (9781472557483)
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Ralph Fevre | Duncan Lewis | Amanda Robinson
Trouble at Work
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€37.49
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Persons
Ralph Fevre is Professor of Social Research at Cardiff University, UK. His publications include The Sociology of the Labour Markets (1992), The Demoralization of Western Culture (2000) and The New Sociology of Economic Behaviour (2003).
Duncan Lewis is Professor of Management at Plymouth University, UK. His recent publications include articles in Public Management Review and Public Administration.
Amanda Robinson is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Cardiff University, UK. She has recently published in the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, and in Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal.
Trevor Jones is Deputy Director of the School of Social Sciences, and Reader in Criminology at Cardiff University, UK. He is co-author of Plural Policing: A Comparative Perspective (2006) and Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice: Exploring US Influence Over British Crime Control (2006).
Duncan Lewis is Professor of Management at Plymouth University, UK. His recent publications include articles in Public Management Review and Public Administration.
Amanda Robinson is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Cardiff University, UK. She has recently published in the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, and in Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal.
Trevor Jones is Deputy Director of the School of Social Sciences, and Reader in Criminology at Cardiff University, UK. He is co-author of Plural Policing: A Comparative Perspective (2006) and Policy Transfer and Criminal Justice: Exploring US Influence Over British Crime Control (2006).
Content
List of tables and figures
Part one
Chapter 1. A Bad Day at the Office
Part two
Chapter 2. Fairness and Rationality at Work
Chapter 3. Civility and Respect at Work
Chapter 4. Violence and Injury at Work
Part three
Chapter 5. The Briar Patch
Chapter 6. The Office
Chapter 7. Permanent White Water
Chapter 8. Keeping the Faith
Part four
Chapter 9. The Troubled Workplace
Bibliography
Footnotes
Index
Part one
Chapter 1. A Bad Day at the Office
Part two
Chapter 2. Fairness and Rationality at Work
Chapter 3. Civility and Respect at Work
Chapter 4. Violence and Injury at Work
Part three
Chapter 5. The Briar Patch
Chapter 6. The Office
Chapter 7. Permanent White Water
Chapter 8. Keeping the Faith
Part four
Chapter 9. The Troubled Workplace
Bibliography
Footnotes
Index