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Bullying

Things that increase the likelihood of bullying include:

\- presence of other psychosocial hazards:
o high job demands
o low job control
o low support
o organisational change, such as restructuring or significant technological change
o lack of role clarity, or
o poor organisational justice
\- leadership or management styles:
o autocratic behaviour that is strict and directive and does not allow workers to be involved in decision making
o behaviour where little or no guidance is provided to workers or responsibilities are inappropriately and informally delegated to subordinates, and
o abusive and demeaning behaviour that may include inappropriate or derogatory language, or malicious criticism and feedback, and tolerance of this behaviour
\- systems of work
o lack of resources or training
o inappropriate work scheduling, shift work and poorly designed rostering
o unreasonable performance measures or timeframes
o poor workplace relationships
o poor communication
o isolation
o low levels of support, or
o work group hostility.