Assédio moral: prevenção e combate pela atuação profissional da área de gestão de pessoas

Abstract

The study addresses the issue of bullying in the workplace and the role of the People Management area in the prevention and combating a phenomenon that, although the objects of scientific study just over twenty years, is as old as human labor. Bullying implies serious consequences for those involved and the organization, and Personnel Management should commit itself to the problem. The study is based on a literature search with a questionnaire containing twelve questions related to different aspects of bullying in the workplace and the role of the area of people management in organizations. The results showed that the reliability of the individuals conducting the confrontation by the Personnel Management is on the driving theme of the corporate direction and that combating the phenomenon becomes less conflictual professionals when the area decides to invest in prevention the problem than when acting in situations of bullying existing. To promote actions to prevent the different processes of Human Resource Management must integrate to combat bullying in the workplace.