La collégialité détournée : les racines organisationnelles du harcèlement psychologique dans les universités
Preventing psychological harassment in the workplace requires an understanding of the forms it takes in the organizational environments and contexts in which it appears. A study of university professors indicates that harassment takes root in a university culture that establishes extra work responsi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST)
2005-05-01
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| Series: | Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/3211 |
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| Summary: | Preventing psychological harassment in the workplace requires an understanding of the forms it takes in the organizational environments and contexts in which it appears. A study of university professors indicates that harassment takes root in a university culture that establishes extra work responsibilities, competition, individualism, eliminates discussion and glorifies performance as management styles and modes of work organization. One troubling fact: the means used to overwhelm, destroy or subdue are the very instruments of collegiality that are diverted; the formal or informal powers of recommendation, appraisal and decision-making are abused; and colleagues and students are manipulated and successfully silenced or made to conspire against an individual or group. Loss of expression, communication, and reputation and diminished working conditions are the means most frequently mentioned for psychological violence. They are possible and their consequences are worsened by colleagues’ inaction, management‘s passivity, and the apprehensive attitude of unions, which sometimes hesitate to intervene. |
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| ISSN: | 1481-9384 |