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Lutgen-Sandvik, Pamela.

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Water smoothing stones: Subordinate resistance to workplace bullying.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Water smoothing stones: Subordinate resistance to workplace bullying./
Author:	Lutgen-Sandvik, Pamela.
Description:	277 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-04, Section: A, page: 1214.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-04A.
Subject:	Speech Communication. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3173237
ISBN:	0542107678

Water smoothing stones: Subordinate resistance to workplace bullying.
Lutgen-Sandvik, Pamela.

Water smoothing stones: Subordinate resistance to workplace bullying. - 277 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-04, Section: A, page: 1214.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2005.

Adult bullying at work is a shocking, unbelievable, and, at times, shattering experience both for those targeted and for witnessing colleagues. Although extant literature characterizes bullying targets as unable to defend themselves, this depiction is limited, simplistic, and one-dimensional. This study examines the narratives of 30 workers, some of whom where targeted and all of whom saw others bullied by persons with more organizational authority. Their responses paint a complex picture of power in bullying situations---picture that reframes the "power-deficient target" into agents who galvanize a variety of resources on their own or others' behalf. In some cases, employees took stock of the situation, decided they would be no part of the abusive workgroup, and resigned. Others initially protested but eventually washed their hands of the situation and took their talents elsewhere. On the other hand, there were cases where bullies were fired, transferred, quit, or failed to secure a coveted promotion due, in part, to employee resistance. When workers protested collectively, they were less likely to be fired and bullies more likely to be negatively sanctioned. Employees accessed a multiplicity of resistance strategies including exodus, collective voice, reverse discourses, subversive (dis)obedience, and direct confrontation. Most opposition occurred in hidden peer transcripts and only on rare occasions emerged into the public transcript. A liminal space for resistance, connecting hidden and public spaces, emerged in their stories. In this liminal, threshold transcript, employees gathered resources and support, bolstered arguments, and firmed up expert (legal, medical, professional) discourses for their defense. These employees wanted organizational decision makers to take action and stop the bullying. In some cases, subordinate resistance did move decision makers to action.

ISBN: 0542107678Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017408
Speech Communication.

Water smoothing stones: Subordinate resistance to workplace bullying.
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