Workplace Harassment Interventions and Labour Process Theory

A Critical Realist Synthesis of the Literature

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2392044
AutoresElizabeth Quinlan (0000-0003-0267-0414, University of Saskatchewan, autor correspondente), Susan Robertson (0000-0001-5129-2216, University of Saskatchewan), Tracey Carr (0000-0003-1309-6702, University of Saskatchewan), Angie Gerrard (0000-0002-7824-9629, University of Saskatchewan)
Ano2020
Volume25
Fascículo1
Páginas3-22
Data de publicação2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1360780419846507
OpenAlexW2954842363
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas48

Workplace harassment, from a labour process theoretic perspective, is a consequence of the convergence of several historical trends that affect the way work is organized under contemporary capitalism. On this view, interventions such as communication skills training, complaint procedures, and workplace policies have limited chance of eliminating harassment in the workplace. However, there is minimal research identifying, testing, and refining the theories accounting for how and why particular interventions work and under what circumstances. Our critical realist evaluation of the workplace harassment intervention literature responds to this gap. The mid-range theory of workplace harassment interventions presented in this article derives from the synthesized literature, augmented by Habermasian theory of social transformation to elaborate intervention mechanisms as lifeworld impulses. The provisional propositions of the mid-range theory are offered to inspire their empirical testing for the theory's further refinement

Complaint · Empirical research · Epistemology · Harassment · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sociology · Ethics in Business and Education · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying