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Trouble at Work

Ralph Fevre, Duncan Lewis, Amanda Robinson and Trevor Jones

Bloomsbury Academic 2012

Open access

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- Book DOI
- 10.5040/9781849664677
- Collections
- Title by Title, Bloomsbury Open Access,
- Published Online
- 29 April 2014
- Subjects
- Sociology of Work (Sociology), Sociology
- ISBN
- 978-1-4081-3703-1 (hardback)
  978-1-8496-6467-7 (online)
  978-1-8496-6465-3 (epdf)
- Keywords
- Welfare
- Buy in Print
- https://bloomsbury.com/9781408137031

Book Summary / Abstract

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.