Dignity at work

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Dignity at work

• Dave Beale, Vicky Bishop, Cathy Cassell, Anita
  Greenhill, Helge Hoel, Wendy Olsen, Roger Walden

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Trends in research and practice

• A shift of focus
• From physical to psychological violence
• A focus on repeated negative acts
• A focus on dignity of employees
• Outlawing bullying the Dignity at Work bill

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MBS workplace bullying providing facts for the
public debate

• Prevalence, patterns targets
• Effects
• Cost implications
• Risk factors
• Coping approaches
• Lessons from intervention

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Working together to achieve results
Cross-disciplinary studies at MBS

• Bullying and industrial relations (Beale Hoel)
• Bullying and the law (Walden Hoel)
• Customer bullying (Bishop Hoel)
• ICT-enabled bullying practices (Greenhill)
• Understanding under-reporting of anti-social
  behaviour (Bishop, Cassell Hoel)

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Dignity more than preventing bullying and
harassment

• Establishing a sense of self-worth and
  appreciating the respect of others (Bolton, 2005)
• Denials of dignity (Hodson, 2001)
• Mismanagement and abuse
• Overwork
• Constraint on autonomy
• Contradictions of employee involvement

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What the future holds MBS and dignity at work

• Dignity of men in traditional male service work
• Abuse and socialisation in the commercial kitchen
  
• Sexual minorities (LGBs) experience of
  discrimination, bullying and harassment
• Why do employers fail to prevent bullying
  exploring an ambiguous relationship
• Ageing and ICT-enabled work practices
• Unfree labour in South India