What senior management values mean for workplace bullying
Lauren Finestone
A positive organisational psychosocial safety climate — how much an organisation genuinely prioritise workers’ psychological health — could prevent bullying and harassment at work. And senior leaders hold the key.Workplace bullying and harassment can often be predicted in workplaces. The conditions that give rise to them can be traced directly to the values held at the very top of an organisation. An Australian study makes this case with some of the strongest evidence yet. It examines how organisational climate shapes mistreatment at work, and what needs to change. What the research found Research cited in the study suggests that globally, an average o...
Published 01 September, 2026
