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Bullying and Harassment of Women of Colour in a California UniversityDr Jeanne Madison. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews identified that multiple risk factors (age, gender, etc) created difficulties for participants to determine the origins of and response to workplace bullying and harassment. All participants were readily able to identify with the issues under study. Well publicised fiscal constraints (California 2003) created a workplace where it was perceived to be unwise to respond assertively to harassment or bullying. Participants often described harassment and bullying as perpetrated by colleagues with similar risk-factors as the recipient as opposed to the commonly expected male supervisor. Participants frequently described workplace bullying and harassing behaviours that were more subtle, covert and/or difficult to identify than the more well publicised sexual harassment.
Presenters Dr Jeanne Madison
(Australia)
Senior Lecturer Head of School School of Health Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies University of New England Armidale NSW 2352 Australia University of New England A range of clinical, executive management and academic experience in California, Hong Kong and Australia
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(30 min. Conference Paper,
English)
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