Examining bullying in Canadian workplaces: preliminary findings from a content analysis study using arbitration case decisions

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dc.creator Arsenault, Kristie
dc.creator Carroll, Wendy R.
dc.creator Wagar, Terry H.
dc.date.accessioned 2014-02-07T20:19:22Z
dc.date.available 2014-02-07T20:19:22Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier http://library2.smu.ca/bitstream/handle/01/25390/asb_proceedings_2011.pdf#page=217
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25653
dc.description.abstract In the U.S., it is estimated that employees leaving the workplace due to bullying costs in the vicinity of $64 billion a year. From a Canadian perspective, less research has been done to understand the impact of bullying in the workplace. In this study, 20 Canadian arbitration cases over a 17 year period are examined for trends and directions. The preliminary findings suggest that employees dismissed for bullying usually go through a progressive discipline process before being dismissed. In 80% of these cases, the bullying is co-worker to co-worker. Overall, arbitrators are upholding dismissals (80% of the 20 cases), stating that appropriate steps to dismiss the bullying employees were followed and integration of the dismissed back into the workplace was not possible or desirable. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Atlantic Schools of Business en_CA
dc.subject.lcsh Bullying in the workplace -- Canada
dc.subject.lcsh Arbitration, Industrial -- Canada
dc.title Examining bullying in Canadian workplaces: preliminary findings from a content analysis study using arbitration case decisions en_CA
dc.type Text en_CA
dcterms.bibliographicCitation Proceedings of the 41st Atlantic Schools of Business conference, University of Prince Edward Island, 2011, pp 213-225
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