 Bullying Employees in a Nonprofit OrganizationDevi Akella ()
Chapter Chapter 5 in Understanding Workplace Bullying, 2020, pp 71-99 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter concentrates on the role of language and discourses through which management can bully their employees. The “bully” is no longer centered with the manager, nor is it depersonalized within the structural and technological modalities of the organization; instead, it flows from the threats, orders, and commands issued by the supervisor. There is no visible outward yelling, screaming, or shouting. Gestures, body language, verbal talk, emails, text messages, and organizational norms and values, which never breach the professional code of conduct, communicate the disapproval of the supervisor, effectively intimidating the subordinate of the dire consequences of his/her inability to comply with the wishes of the management. Empirical data from a nonprofit organization encompassing eight in-depth interviews with the employees, along with the theoretical framework of post-structuralism and disciplinary power strategies, are used to examine how workplace bullying unleashed via different forms of discourses can modulate the subjectivities and identities of employees so that they comply with the demands and expectations of the management. Date: 2020 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-46168-3_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46168-3_5 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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