“The Worse You Behave, The More You Seem, to be Rewarded”: Bullying in Nursing as Organizational Corruption |
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| Authors: | Marie Hutchinson Margaret H Vickers Lesley Wilkes Debra Jackson |
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| Institution: | (1) Family and Community Health Research Group, College of Business, University of Western Sydney, C/-P.O. Box 148, Ballina, NSW, 2478, Australia;(2) Family and Community Health Research Group, College of Business, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW, 2067, Australia;(3) Family and Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing, College of Health & Science, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW, 2067, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports findings from the first, qualitative stage of a national sequential, mixed method study of bullying in
the Australian nursing workplace. Twenty-six nurses who had experience of workplace bullying were recruited from two Australian
public sector health care organizations. Examining the narrative data from the viewpoint of bullying being a corrupt activity
we present an alternative perspective on group acts of bullying. By exploring bullying as corrupt behaviour, this paper challenges
the assumption that bullying can be principally considered a series of isolated events stemming from interpersonal conflict,
organizational pressures, or poor work design. Corruption in organizations has not previously been linked with or compared
to bullying. In revealing the manner in which actors can engage in corrupt conduct that includes bullying, the findings from
our study offer important implications for the management of workplace bullying as a serious and corrupt activity. |
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| Keywords: | bullying mobbing corruption organizational behavior workplace violence |
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