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Bullying Research

We can research the extent of bullying in your organisation and those policies and practices that are most effective in reducing it.

The way in which we might help you

Confidential research with your staff, both in depth to identify effective solutions and broad surveys to establish the extent within an organisation. Reliable statistical analysis of results to produce authoritative reports. Motivational training to change behaviours. Advice on appropriate policies.

Benefit

Updating your organisation with the latest appropriate good practice in reduction of bullying.

Cost

Cost of employment/hour for the relevant expert.

Our expert in this area

Charlotte Rayner is Professor of Human Resource Management at Portsmouth Business School. She has been in academic research since the mid 1990s when she completed the pioneering survey on workplace bullying for the BBC. She has a PhD from Manchester, an MBA from Cass Business School and a first degree in Psychology from Newcastle.

Our track record of success

Clients include The Work Foundation, NHS Trusts, UNISON, Amicus and smaller unions, as well as local councils and the private sector. Research topics have included stress, bullying and harassment, communication strategy appraisal, local residents' opinion surveys and service performance measurement as judged by customers. For example Amicus wished to obtain evidence of which strategies were most effective in reducing bullying at work. The University conducted careful research to protect the confidentiality of participants. The outcome was action packs, training materials and dissemination.

For more information, please contact Destiny Goodship at our CORD research centre.