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Bibliography on workplace harassment

  1. Bullying
  2. Harassment investigations
  3. Harassment guides
  4. Harassment based on disability
  5. Criminal harassment
  6. Psychological harassment
  7. Racial harassment
  8. Sexual harassment
  9. Harassment policy and legislation

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Bullying

  • “Building a Culture of Respect: Managing Bullying at Work” in IRS Employment Review, Issue 744, 2002, pp. 42-51.
  • COUZINS, Martin, and Kevin FRIERY. “Expert's View: Kevin Friery on Dealing with Bullying in The workplace” in Personnel Today, Vol. 9 No. 28, 2004, p. 35.
  • “The Bully Employee: A Survival Guide for Supervisors” in Supervision, Vol. 65, No. 3, March 2004, p. 6.
  • COYNE, Lain, and al. “Self and Peer Nominations of Bullying: An Analysis of Incident Rates, Individual Differences, and Perceptions of the Working Environment” in European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, Vol. 12, no. 3, Sep, 2003, p. 209.
  • HOOD, Sarah B. “Workplace Bullying” in Canadian Business Vol. 77, no. 18 (9/13), 2004, p. 87.
  • LEE, Deborah. “Gendered Workplace Bullying in the Restructured UK Civil Service” in Personnel Review Vol. 31, No. ½, 2002, p. 205.
  • MIKKELSEN, Eva Gemzøe, and Stale EINARSEN. “Basic Assumptions and Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress among Victims of Bullying at Work” in European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 1, Mars, 2002, p. 87.
  • SEWARD, Karen, and Sheila FAHY. “Tackling Workplace Bullies” in Occupational Health, Vol. 55, No. 5, May 2003, p. 16.
  • SHEENAN, Michael, and al. “Analyzing Metaphors used by Victims of Workplace Bullying” in International Journal of Management & Decision Making, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2004, p. 21.
  • VEGA, Gina, and Debra R. COMER. “Sticks and Stones may Break Your Bones, but Words can Break Your Spirit: Bullying in the Workplace” in Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 58, No. 1-3, 2005, p. 101.
  • WHITE, Sheila. “Lies in Truth and Truth in Lies: An in-Depth Study of a Workplace Bullying Scenario” in Business & Professional Ethics Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 2002, p. 79.

Investigations

  • AGGARWAL, Arjun P. Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More: A Practical Guide. Ottawa, Harassment Publications, 2004.
  • BERNARDI, Lauren M. “Investigating Harassment Complaints”, in Canadian Manager, Vol. 27, no. 2, Summer 2002, 12 p.
  • GUPTNA, Neena. Sexual Harassment: A Guide to Conducting Investigations. Toronto, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2004.
  • KASANOVICH, Wendy and al. “Preventing and Correcting Sexual Harassment: A Guide to the Ellerth/Faragher Affirmative Defense” in Employee Relations Law Journal (Aspen), Vol. 28, No. 1, Summer 2002, p. 79.
  • MACKILLOP, Malcolm. “Workplace Harassment” in HR Professional, Vol. 21, no. 5, Oct/Nov, 2004, 30 p.
  • NEUSON, Bridget A. “Properly Investigate Harassment Complaints” in Nursing Management, Vol. 36, no. 6, Jun 2005, 14 p.
  • OPPENHEIMER, Amy. “Investigating Workplace Harassment and Discrimination” in Employee Relations Law Journal (Aspen), Vol. 29, no. 4, Spring, 2004, 55 p.
  • PANARO, Gerard P. “Investigation of Harassment can Give Rise to Negligence Claim” in Fair Employment Practices Guidelines, Issue 577, 2003, 2 p.

Guides

  • AGGARWAL, Arjun P. Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More: A Practical Guide. Ottawa, Harassment Publications, 2004.
  • COMMISSION DES NORMES DU TRAVAIL. Preventing Psychological Harassment Is Everyone’s Business!: Prevention Guide for Employers of the Small Business Sector, Québec, Commission des normes du travail, 2004.
  • GUPTNA, Neena. Sexual Harassment: A Guide to Conducting Investigations. Toronto, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2004.
  • KASANOVICH, Wendy and al. “Preventing and Correcting Sexual Harassment: A Guide to the Ellerth/Faragher Affirmative Defense” in Employee Relations Law Journal (Aspen), Vol. 28, No. 1, Summer 2002, p. 79.
  • KURETZKY, Barry, and Jennifer MACKENZIE. Human Resources Guide to Managing Workplace Harassment. Aurora, Ontario, Aurora Professional Press, 2003.
  • LAFOND, Reine. Le Harcèlement Psychologique: Tout Ce Que l'Employeur Doit Savoir, Cowansville, Québec, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2004.
  • Preventing harassment in the workplace: A guide for employees, Victoria B. C., British Columbia human Rights Commission, 2000.
  • “Supervisor can be Individually Liable for Sexual Harassment Under State Law” in Fair Employment Practices Guidelines, Issue 602, 2005, pp. 7-14.
  • THORNBORYT, Greta. “Resource Guide” in Occupational Health, Vol. 56, No. 5, May 2004, p. 31.
  • WILSON, Penny, and Michael MCCARTNEY. “Legal Q & A HR Guide to Harassment” in Personnel Today, Vol. 8, No. 24, 2004, p. 13.

Harassment based on disability

  • “Inappropriate Remarks Amounted to Disability Harassment” in Equal Opportunities Review, Issue 103, 2002, pp. 31-33.
  • MITCHELL, Dominic D. “New Rulings Concerning on-the-Job Harassment and Discrimination” in Employee Rights Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, Winter 2002, p. 84.

Criminal harassment

  • DEMPSEY, Karen. “Case Round-Up” in Personnel Today, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2005, p. 12.
  • L. M. “The Red Flags of Violence” in HR Professional, Vol. 22, No. 3, June/July 2005, p. 13.
  • Stalking is a Crime Called Criminal Harassment. Rev. ed. Ottawa: Dept. of Justice Canada, 2003.

Psychological harassment

  • BINETTE, Nicole. Victime Au Travail: L'Enfer Du Harcèlement Psychologique, Montréal, Éditions de l'Homme, 2005.
  • COMMISSION DES NORMES DU TRAVAIL. Preventing Psychological Harassment Is Everyone’s Business!: Prevention Guide for Employers of the Small Business Sector, Québec, Commission des normes du travail, 2004.
  • CORDEAU, Marie Josée. Le Harcèlement Psychologique Au Travail: Témoignage, Définition, Législation, Collection Psy Populaire. Chicoutimi, Québec, Éditions JCL, 2004.
  • LAFOND, Reine. Le Harcèlement Psychologique: Tout Ce Que l'Employeur Doit Savoir, Cowansville, Québec, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2004.
  • Le Harcèlement Et Les Lésions Psychologiques, Cowansville, Québec, Éditions Y. Blais, 2005.
  • MOREAU, Nicole. Violence ou harcèlement psychologique au travail? Problématique, Québec, Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère du travail, Direction des études et des politiques, 1999, 87 p.
  • POLI, Pascal, and Damien MERLLIÉ. “Psychological Harassment at the Workplace: Part One” in European Industrial Relations Review, Issue 347, 2002, pp.113-20.
  • POLI, Pascal, and Damien MERLLIÉ. “Psychological Harassment at the Workplace: Part Two” in European Industrial Relations Review, Issue 348, 2003, pp. 27-33.
  • POLI, Pascal, and Damien MERLLIÉ. “Psychological Harassment at the Workplace: Part Three” in European Industrial Relations Review, Issue 349, 2003, pp. 13-20.
  • POIRIER, Guy. The New Standards for Protection against Psychological Harassment in the Workplace: A Modern-Day Approach, Cowansville, Québec, Éditions Y. Blais, 2004.

Racial harassment

  • BERDAHL, J. L., and C. MOORE. “Workplace harassment: Double jeopardy for minority women”, in Journal of Applied Psychology, forthcoming, 2006.
  • PANARO, Gerard P. “Dealing with Racial Harassment” in Fair Employment Practices Guidelines, Issue 570, 2003, 2 p.
  • SCHOFIELD, Peter. “Embarrassed by Harassment” in Works Management, Vol. 56, no. 5, May, 2003, 17 p.

Sexual harassment

  • AGGARWAL, Arjun P. Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit Your Liability and More: A Practical Guide. Ottawa, Harassment Publications, 2004.
  • GILBERT, Jacqueline A. “Sexual Harassment and Demographic Diversity: Implications for Organizational Punishment” in Public Personnel Management, Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2005, p. 161.
  • KASANOVICH, Wendy and al. “Preventing and Correcting Sexual Harassment: A Guide to the Ellerth/Faragher Affirmative Defense” in Employee Relations Law Journal (Aspen), Vol. 28, No. 1, Summer 2002, p. 79.
  • MORGAN, James F., and al. “The California Spin on Harassment by Supervisors: Avoidable Consequences and the Focus on Damages” in Labor Law Journal, Vol. 55, No. 3, Fall 2004, p. 166.
  • “Supervisor can be Individually Liable for Sexual Harassment Under State Law” in Fair Employment Practices Guidelines, Issue 602, 2005, pp. 7-14.

Harassment policy and legislation

  • CANTIN, Isabelle. Politiques Contre Le Harcèlement Au Travail Et Réflexions Sur Le Harcèlement Psychologique, Cowansville, Québec, Éditions Y. Blais, 2004.
  • MORGAN, James F., and al. “The California Spin on Harassment by Supervisors: Avoidable Consequences and the Focus on Damages” in Labor Law Journal, Vol. 55, No. 3, Fall 2004, p. 166.
  • “New Harassment Legislation Working Well” in European Industrial Relations Review, Issue 364, 2004, pp. 4-8.
  • POHL, Louise. How to Write a Policy to Prevent Harassment: The Silent Killer of Workplace Harmony, Vancouver, Learning Works Enterprises, 2000.
  • “Supervisor can be Individually Liable for Sexual Harassment Under State Law” in Fair Employment Practices Guidelines, Issue 602, 2005, pp. 7-14.
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