Combating psychological harassment in the workplace:
Processes for management intervention

Gwénaëlle Poilpot-Rocaboy (1) , Richard Winter

1 CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management

In this paper we focus on the processes whereby an individual at work is singled out and
victimized at work. We define this process as psychological harassment and review the
related lierature. On the basis of a single case involving a French human resource manager,
we describe and illustrate the complex and dynamic processes of psychological harassment.
To help managers combat psychological harassment in the workplace, we propose an
intervention tool for identifying, managing, and preventing psychological harassment
behavior. We argue managers may effectively combat psychological harassment in the
workplace when they utilize the proposed tool in a systematic manner and carefully consider
the implications of intervention.

Mots clés: psychological harassment; management intervention

Mots clés: gestion des ressources humaines; égalité professionnelle; égalité des genres; égalité des temps

Domaines: Gestion et management

Gwénaëlle Poilpot-Rocaboy, Richard Winter. Combating psychological harassment in the workplace:
Processes for management intervention. ACREW/KCL 2006 " Socially responsive, socially responsible approaches to employment and work. Monash University Prato Centre, Tuscany, Italy, 1-4 July 2006, Jul 2006, Italy. 21 p. ⟨halshs-00084579⟩