Mobbing (bullying at work) in Italy: characteristics of successful court cases

Maran, Daniela Acquadro; Bernardelli, Silvia; Varetto, Antonella

doi:10.5249/jivr.v10i1.945

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“…In many cases, harassment victims feel unable to face legal proceedings, which involve enormous personal sacrifice (search for evidence, face-to-face contact with the harasser, defence costs, etc.) and a deterioration in their health [88]. For this reason, organisations should provide access to internal management protocols for the resolution of conflicts, which act as effective deterrents when such conduct is defined as intolerable.…”

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Women as Victims of Court Rulings: Consequences of Workplace Harassment in the Hospitality Industry in Spain (2000–2016)

Reguera

Izquierdo

2021

Sustainability

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Workplace harassment is a psychosocial risk factor that increasingly affects workers in the hospitality industry. Although this risk factor is recognised by legal regulations in Spain, in many cases the scope of these regulations and their interpretation by the courts remains unclear. The aim of this research is to conduct a qualitative, documentary, and descriptive study of the content of 61 rulings obtained from a search of 2335 rulings in the database of the Judicial Documentation Centre (CENDOJ) for the years 2000 to 2016. The main results show a steady increase in complaints over sixteen years; that women are predominantly the victims of work-related and sexual harassment; and that most harassment is carried out by men, is vertical in nature, and is frequently perpetrated by employers or bosses. Approximately half of the cases resulted in the awarding of some form of financial compensation, and although the amounts were small, over half of these cases involved workplace harassment, with the rest relating to sexual harassment at work. Most cases resulted in the termination of the victim’s contract, either through dismissal or employee abandonment. Based on the results found, we develop proposals that may facilitate future lines of action designed to enhance the defence and legal protection of workers and thus contribute to the promotion and sustainability of wellbeing in the workplace.

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Women as Victims of Court Rulings: Consequences of Workplace Harassment in the Hospitality Industry in Spain (2000–2016)

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Izquierdo

2021

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“…On average, the victims suffered 4.9 types of harassment, and the most cited consequences were anxiety disorder and physical symptoms. The motives for beginning the mobbing campaign were principally related to difficulties in relationships [23].…”

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Psychology of Abusive Human Behavior

Petrić¹

2022

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The aim of this article is to explore the psychology of abusive human behavior with special attention to gaslighting, defamation of character, mockery, bullying, and mobbing, based on the so-far published scientific literature, and my own experience and observations. Abusive human behavior can have various forms, but the motivation is almost always the same: power and control over the victim. Psychological abuse, especially if longer lasting, can cause serious psychological and even physical damage to the victim. Society should be more aware of the detrimental effects of abusive human behavior in its variety of forms and be ready to offer adequate medical, psychological and legal help for the victim.

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“…Since all labels include actors in a group, their various roles may influence NWB in different ways (Merton, 1957;Callero, 1994). The most studied roles in these groups are target and perpetrator (dyad) or extended with a bystander (triad) (Neall and Tuckey, 2014;Pinto, 2014;Maran et al, 2018). This extension in the triad changes the process by alliances of persons (Heider, 1958).…”

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A Systematic Review of Negative Work Behavior: Toward an Integrated Definition

2021

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The objective of this systematic review was to identify the overlapping and unique aspects of the operationalizations of negative work behaviors (NWBs) to specify a new integrative definition of NWB. More specifically, we examined (1) how many operationalizations and conceptualizations of NWB can be identified, (2) whether these operationalizations can be categorized into facets, i. e., the nature of NWB, harm, actor types, and roles, with subcategories, (3) what the meaningful overlap in these operationalizations was, (4) whether the operationalizations tapped unique and meaningful elements, i.e., positive labels and dynamic processes, and (5) how the overlapping and unique elements of the operationalizations could be integrated into a new theory-based research model for NWB for future research. In the literature search based on the Prisma framework, Pubmed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar, we identified k = 489 studies that met the inclusion criteria of our review. The results of these studies revealed 16 frequently studied NWB labels, e.g., bullying and aggression. Many of these could be categorized in the same way, namely, in terms of the type of behavior, type of harm, and type of actor involved in the NWB. In our new definition of NWB, we integrated the content of the overlapping and meaningful unique elements of the 16 labels.

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Mobbing (bullying at work) in Italy: characteristics of successful court cases

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Women as Victims of Court Rulings: Consequences of Workplace Harassment in the Hospitality Industry in Spain (2000–2016)

Women as Victims of Court Rulings: Consequences of Workplace Harassment in the Hospitality Industry in Spain (2000–2016)

Psychology of Abusive Human Behavior

A Systematic Review of Negative Work Behavior: Toward an Integrated Definition

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