Bullying and horizontal violence: cultural or individual phenomena?

CURTIS, P., BALL, L. and KIRKHAM, M. (2006). Bullying and horizontal violence: cultural or individual phenomena? British journal of midwifery, 14 (4), 218-221.

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Abstract

A large minority of respondents to the Why do Midwives Leave (WML) study (Ball, Curtis and Kirkham, 2002) reported that they had experienced bullying or horizontal violence, either from their managers or from their clinical colleagues. Certain factors, including clinical grade, level of experience, health status and familiarity with the practise environment, appeared to foster vulnerability, leaving individuals liable to be subjected to the inappropriate behaviours of others. Some managers were unwilling to label such behaviour as bullying and there were examples when inappropriate behaviour was condoned, for fear of upsetting the perpetrators who played a key clinical role. Heads of midwifery were aware of the problem of bullying in the workplace, recognising this as a cultural rather than an individualistic issue. Although progress towards confronting bullying cultures was being made in some locations, much remains to be done.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Midwives, bullying
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Centre for Health and Social Care Research
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2006.14.4.20790
Page Range: 218-221
Depositing User: Ann Betterton
Date Deposited: 02 Jun 2008
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 05:10
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/252

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