Essay Question:
Why is workplace bullying a major issue for HR in the management of people at work? In your response, consider the benefits and challenges of managing Workplace Health and Safety for individual employees and organizations, and links to various HR functions such as performance management, and training and development.
Research:
To answer this question, you will need to conduct independent research on the topic. In addition to the relevant sections in the textbook, journals are the most useful source of scholarly material because they contain contemporary research that has been reviewed by experts in the field.
Some examples of journals and relevant articles that relate to the essay question include:
De Cieri, H, Sheehan, C, Donohue, R, Shea T, and Cooper, B, (2019), 'Workplace bullying: An examination of power and perpetrators', Personnel Review, vol. 48, no. 2, 324-341.
Djurkovic, N, McCormack, D, Hoel, H, and Salin, D, (2022), 'Joking behaviours and bullying from the perspective of Australian human resource professionals', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, vol. 60, no. 2, 381-404.
Hanley, G M, and O'Rourke, A, (2016), 'The race without a finishing line: legislative means for confronting bullying in the Australian workplace', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, vol. 54, no.3, 352-368.
Magee, C, Gordon, R, Robinson, L, Caputi, P, and Oades, L, (2017), 'Workplace bullying and absenteeism: The mediating roles of poor health and work engagement', Human Resource Management Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 319-334.
McCormac, D, Djurkovic, N, Nsubuga-Kyobe A, and Casimir G, (2018), 'Workplace bullying: the interactive effects of the perpetrator's gender and the target's gender', Employee Relations, vol. 40, no. 2, 264-280.
Paull, M, Omari, M, D'Cruz, P, and Güneri Çangarli, B, (2020), 'Bystanders in workplace bullying: working university students' perspectives on action versus inaction', Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, vol. 58, no. 3, 313- 334.