Abstract
It’s strange to say that workplace violence has any place in society. It doesn’t. But workplace violence does exist, and so today we are going to take a functionalist approach to talk about the functions of workplace violence, particularly in academia. Workplace violence can serve as a tool for those in power to reinforce hierarchies in the workplace, advance their own careers, increase work productivity, and more. Don’t listen to this episode if it will be triggering or uncomfortable for you!
Keywords
Workplace violence, academia, functionalism, bullying, abuse
Sources
Relevant episodes:
- SOC501 – You’re a Donkey: Food Media and Violence in Kitchens
- SOC100 – Violence: nature Vs. Nurture
- SOC206 – Intention vs. Perception: On Human Aggression
- SOC207 – Three Schools of Thought: Conflict Theory, Structural Functionalism, and Symbolic Interactionism
- How bullying becomes a career tool, by Susanne Tauber and Morteza Mahmoudi (2022)
- Einarsen S, Hoel H, Zapf D, Cooper CL. The concept of bullying and harassment at work: the European tradition. In: Einarsen S, Hoel H, Zapf D, Cooper CL, editors. Bullying and harassment in the workplace developments in theory, research, and practice. 2. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 2011.
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