Bullying of Staff in Schools - Softcover

Riley, Dan; Duncan, Deidre J; Edwards, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742860265 ISBN 13: 9781742860268

Publisher: ACER Press, 2012

Synopsis

This book will assist school employees in understanding the phenomenon of workplace bullying of school staff. The book examines the forms of workplace staff bullying and its impact on schools. Most importantly, the book provides the necessary understanding and skills to identify and address workplace bullying. Data from research studies involving approximately 4,000 participants identifies bullies and targets, correlates the phenomenon against 10 demographics classifications, details the human and economic costs, and provides helpful advice and recommendations to school employees and school leaders. Bullying of Staff in Schools provides a resource to which school employees may turn to daily in their efforts to meet and negate the negative impact of workplace bullying.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Dan Riley is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New England. He is a fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders with extensive experience in government and Catholic schools. He has published over 10 books and 20 articles. His research focus is the phenomenon of workplace bullying in Australian schools. Adjunct Professor Deirdre J Duncan is a member often Australian Catholic University. She has extensive experience in senior leadership positions in education and has published widely in the areas of leadership, school law, organisational change and school culture. Her most recent research has been on staff bullying in schools. Mr John Edwards is a statistical analyst with over 20 years experience teaching in secondary schools and has lectured in research methodology at university. In 2005 and 2007 he was part of a research team with Duncan and Riley investigating adult bullying in Australian schools.

About this edition

• Publisher: ACER Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1742860265
• ISBN 13: 9781742860268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198