Exploring the (in)appropriateness of using workplace mediation to deal with workplace bullying

Deakin, Ria and Hoel, Helge (2017) Exploring the (in)appropriateness of using workplace mediation to deal with workplace bullying. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2017, 4-8 August 2017, Atlanta, GA.. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Discussions of both workplace bullying and workplace mediation suffer from too great an emphasis on the interpersonal, ignoring the influence and consequences of wider contextual factors. Situating bullying and mediation within the labour process, we utilise and extend Hoel and Beale’s (2006) continuum of bullying behaviours, to address the limitations of using mediation to deal with workplace bullying, particularly where it occurs in oppressive work regimes. Drawing on interviews with workplace mediators, the paper treats bullying and mediation as forms of management control and explores the extent to which the confidential nature of mediation may allow an organisation to escape accountability for bullying behaviours and lead to a privatisation of justice.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Schools:	Huddersfield Business School
Related URLs:	Organisation Author
Depositing User:	Ria Deakin
Date Deposited:	19 Sep 2017 10:52
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2018 10:45
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/33285

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