HROB 3030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Global Positioning System, Personal Protective Equipment, Ant-Zen

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 3030
• Professor: Rhonda Gordon

Document Summary

Wo(cid:396)kpla(cid:272)e agg(cid:396)essio(cid:374) as (cid:862)(cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) (cid:271)(cid:455) a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual o(cid:396) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) o(cid:396) outside a(cid:374) organization that is intended to physically or psychologically harm a worker or workers and occurs in a work-(cid:396)elated (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t(cid:863) Accordingly, all violent behaviours are, by definition, aggressive, whereas not all aggressive behaviours are violent. In canada, legislation uses the term harassment, which is another term for aggression. Harassment is defined as vexatious (i. e. , annoying or embarrassing) conduct that is unwelcome. Violence physical assault or threat of an assault. Aggression behaviour that is intended to physically or psychologically harm a worker or workers and that occurs in a work-related context. Harassment annoying or embarrassing conduct against a worker in a workplace. A host of other terms are commonly used to describe some aspects of workplace aggression. Emotional abuse another term for bullying. Mobbing a term used mainly in europe to refer to bullying. Bullying aggressive, nonphysical behaviours perpetrated by organizational members over a prolonged period of time.