Addressing workplace bullying
Workplace bullying is a significant health and safety risk in Australian workplaces, affecting one in 10 workers.
Rather than approaching it as an interpersonal problem where the emphasis is on responding to bullying behaviour, in this session Michelle Tuckey, Professor of Work & Organisational Psychology, demonstrates why bullying is an organisational issue and shifts the focus to identifying and mitigating the root causes of bullying embedded within work environments, systems, and processes.
Nick Ford (psychologist and data scientist from Workplace Health and Safety Queensland) will also share insights into the practical resources available to assist organisations to systematically manage psychosocial hazards. Nick will discuss emerging trends from People at Work®, a national tool for identifying, measuring and evaluating the control of risks to psychological health and safety, drawing on data gathered from over 50 000 respondents across over 3500 workplaces including the benefits of a data repository of lead indicators.
Speakers
Professor Michelle Tuckey is one of Australia’s leading researchers in workplace bullying prevention—recognised globally for her theoretical and practical advances in this domain. She works towards change at a systemic level and has had significant national impact, including supporting the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (2021) and guiding the Australian Medical Association's revised Position Statement on workplace bullying, harassment, and discrimination. The evidence-based psychosocial risk management program developed through Michelle's research has been implemented in more than 85 worksites around Australia. She has published over 100 significant research publications and currently serves as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and the International Journal of Stress Management.
Nicholas is a psychologist and data scientist leading the National People at Work® programme in the Psychological Health Unit at Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
He is passionate about developing systems that support workers to flourish, and has experience in performance measurement, leadership, staff selection and development, and psychometrics.
Nicholas has worked in the public and private sectors, in selection and assessment in Defence and emergency services, and has provided consulting services across education, sports, construction, research, and other industries.