Psychological violence in the workplace - References - Part 1

Almonte, A.M., Sultan, A., Gökçebay, N. & Beaulieu, A. (2023, 20 March). ‘Rethinking workplace misconduct in a changing compliance landscape.’ HRDive. [Online blog]: https://www.hrdive.com/news/rethinking-workplace-misconduct-in-a-changing-compliance-landscape/645384/

American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (2025). ‘Workplace bullying : The devastating experience.’ [Online]: 

https://www.aaets.org/traumatic-stress-library/workplace-bullying-the-devastating-experience 

Costi, S. (2023, 2 November). ‘Bullying and harassment in workplaces are killing people.’ HR Leader. [Online blog]: https://www.hrleader.com.au/wellbeing/24761-bullying-and-harassment-in-workplaces-is-killing-people

“Only by embracing our shared humanity can we prevent further suffering and build a working world embodying justice and compassion.”. Well said, Stefanie Costi. 

Dignity Together. (2020, 17 April). ‘Why “just leave” (immediately) is absurd advice for a workplace bullying target.’ [Online blog]: https://www.dignitytogether.org/blog/why-just-leave-is-absurd-advice-for-a-workplace-bullying-target

“… it's about damaging personal pride, the injustice of it all, and loving their jobs. That awareness, level of integrity, and self-defense are motivated by strength, not weakness, and a building block for a social movement to end workplace abuse.”

Halliday, A. (2023, 16 February). ‘It’s All Fun and Games Until You’ve Created a Hostile Work Environment: How Workplace Bullying is Linked to Mental Health.’ Science for Work. [Online blog]: https://scienceforwork.com/blog/its-all-fun-and-games-until-someone-looses-the-will-to-live-how-workplace-bullying-impacts-mental-health/

Kislik, L. (2017, 7 November) ‘How to work with a manipulative person.’ Harvard Business Review. [Online]: https://hbr.org/2017/11/how-to-work-with-a-manipulative-person 

Luong, A.D. and Green, C.A. (2023). ‘Mental health and harassment in the workplace.’ Journal of Emergency Nursing. 49(3). 341-344. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2022.09.011 [Open access]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099176722002380

“Bullying has been noted as … threatening, stalking, and intimidating…all actions used to harass coworkers. Gossip, false rumors, and inappropriate comments are conducive to workplace harassment.”

(NOTE: But what if the uncivil conduct in the quote above is coming from the very National manager of employment relations and SAFETY, intentionally appointed by a VC and their “club” of unethical lawyers? Her job description was to ENSURE COMPLIANCE as per regulatory requirements, not be the corporate offender of such harm in illegal adverse action, including WHS breaches and fraud. Read the articles below by Olivia Petter and Fiona Purcell). 

McMenamin, L. (2021, 20 April). ‘Why long-term workplace trauma is a real phenomenon.’ BBC. [Online]: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210415-why-long-term-workplace-trauma-is-a-real-phenomenon

Petter, O. (2022, 24 December). ‘Most days I would get home in tears’: Why do women bully other women at work? Independent. [Online]: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/workplace-bullying-women-toxic-emily-in-paris-b2249886.html 

Purcell, F. (2023, 17 October). ‘Bullies, manipulators and narcissists: Navigating psychopathic behaviours in the workplace.’ ABC News. [Online]: https://amp-abc-net-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/102967418

“Dr Penney emphasises that everyone has the right to feel safe at work, at home, and in public, and says antisocial behaviour that infringes on those rights is "never acceptable".” (NOTE: my thoughts exactly).