Conference paper
Workplace bullying in a professional environment: Perspectives of legal practitioners
IAWBH and University of Copenhagen
A. Hogh, C. Jørgensen, A. S. Fedders (eds). Book of Proceedings of the The 8th International Conference on Workplace Bullying and Harassment -Future Challenges (Copenhagen, Denmark, 12/06/2012–15/06/2012)
2012
Abstract
Bullying may not be evenly distributed across industry. Zapf, Einarsen, Hoel and Varita (2003) consider bullying to be more prevalent among white collar workers and service employees. This paper reports the findings of a study of workplace bullying in the legal profession in Australia.
Members of the professional association were asked to respond to a survey and to provide stories on their perceptions of the nature, causes and consequences of workplace bullying in the legal environment.
The survey was dispatched to all members of the association in Western Australia; 327 completed forms were returned.
The fiercely competitive nature of the field, and work practices such as ‘billable hours' were seen as significant contributors to the environment of workplace bullying. Direct and indirect negative behaviours were reported by the respondents with adverse consequences at the individual and organisational levels.
Details
- Title
- Workplace bullying in a professional environment: Perspectives of legal practitioners
- Authors/Creators
- M. Omari (Author/Creator)M. Paull (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- A. Hogh, C. Jørgensen, A. S. Fedders (eds). Book of Proceedings of the The 8th International Conference on Workplace Bullying and Harassment -Future Challenges (Copenhagen, Denmark, 12/06/2012–15/06/2012)
- Publisher
- IAWBH and University of Copenhagen
- Identifiers
- 991005542404607891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Do not use- Former Murdoch Business School
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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