Analysis of Workplace Dynamics: An Annotated Bibliography

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Gadegaard, C.A. et al., 2018. Effects of violence prevention behaviour on exposure to
workplace violence and threats: a follow-up study. Journal of interpersonal violence, 33(7),
pp.1096-1117.
Gadegaard is a psychologist and PhD fellow who has been working as an organizational
psychologist at DEM Herning. The researchers have collected the data from the employees
working in the four different sectors with high work risks such as special schools, eldercare,
psychiatry and prison and probation services. The study has been in the flow of the given topic
as it has clearly displayed various work-related issues faced by the employees such as violence,
and threats and also displayed clear difference with respect to violence prevention behaviours.
The study has also disclosed that management of workplace violence in the given areas should
be used as a reference to tackle prevention of behaviours from higher management.
2. Toussaint, L. et al., 2016. Forgiveness Working: Forgiveness, Health, and Productivity in the
Workplace. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(1), pp.59-67.
Toussaint is currently the head of the Department of Psychology at Luther College. The
researcher has collected data from the employees numbering more than 100 and whose mean
age in 32.4 years for study one and more than 150 employees with the mean age of 43.9 years.
The study has been in the flow of the given topic as it has identified forgiveness as the best way
to reduce the stress arising due to offences committed at the workplace. Forgiveness as per the
researchers is the best way to promote good health and well-being among the individuals and
also enhance their productivity to get success in their corporate career.
3. Wu, Chi-Min and Chen, Tso-Jen., 2018. Collective psychological capital: Linking shared
leadership, organizational commitment, and creativity, pp.75-84.
Wu works in the Department of Recreation and Health-Care Management in Taiwan. Chen
works in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Technology in Taiwan.
The study collected data from 267 employees working in more than 50 hotels in Taiwan and
was conducted for three weeks. The study signifies that there has been a significant
relationship between organizational commitment and creativity and also accessed that the

shared leadership has been instrumental in relieving the employees from the work-office stress
and thus highlighted how it has a significant impact on the working and productivity of the
given organization.
4. Valentine, S. and Fleischman, G., 2017. From the schoolyard to the workplace: The impact of
bullying on sales and business employees' machiavellianism, job satisfaction, and perceived
importance of an ethical issue. Human Resource Management, 57(1), 293-305.
Valentine works in the Department of Management at the University of South Dakota in the
USA. Fleischman works in the School of Accounting at Texas Tech University. To collect the
data, a self-report questionnaire has been prepared and was provided to 84 sales and business
employees who were working for different firms which have been operating in the USA. The
given study has been in tune with the given topic because it illustrated that the bullying during
workplace has a negative impact on the job satisfaction and has been an important ethical issue
affecting the work performance of the employees. The study also revealed that in order to
reduce bullying so as to enhance the work performance of the employees.
5. Haar, J. M. et al., 2017. A daily diary study of work-life balance in managers: utilizing a daily
process model. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1-23.
Haar is the faculty currently posted at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In the given
study, the data has been collected from the 131 managers working in various companies. The
study has been based on identifying factors to enhance work-life balance. The study is in tune
with the given topic as it has helped in assessing that daily burn out at the official results in a
reduction of work-life balance and satisfaction in the work helps in enhancing this balance in an
appropriate manner.
6. Mayowa, T. B. et al., 2016. The Relation between Ethical Leadership and Workplace Conflicts:
The Mediating Role of Employee Resolution Efficacy. Journal of Management, 44(5), 2037-2063.
Mayowa is a faculty teaching at NEOMA Business School. The data for the given study has been
collected in two ways. First is by taking into account the sample of workers in Belgium and
second is by taking into account a sample of Nigerian workers. The given study has been in the

flow of the given topic as the study has examined the role of ethical leadership during conflict
situations. The study has shown that ethical leadership has been able to reduce work office
issues and help in bringing up the good atmosphere.
7. Cortina, L. M. et al., 2017. Beyond Blaming the Victim: Toward a More Progressive
Understanding of Workplace Mistreatment. Industrial and Organisational Psychology, 11(1), 81-
100.
Cortina is a psychologist and is currently working at the Department of Psychology and
Women’s Study at the University of Michigan. The study has taken into account the women
working in the organization and how they are affected by the criminal thinking people working
in the organization. The study provides important information about the field of criminology
and revealed that there are various employees who invite abuse through their speech style,
dress, action and personalities. This results in an increase in workforce issues and affects the
productivity of the given organization.
8. Tasselli, S. et al., 2018. Personality change: Implications for organizational behaviour.
Academy of Management Annals, 12(2), pp.467-493.
Tasselli is an assistant professor at Erasmus University. The study has taken into account
employees working in all the organisations and is concerned with personality stability and
change. The study helps in identifying solutions for workforce issues. The study helps in
identifying new directions in the personality research in the organizational behaviour of the
employees and helps in broadening of the scope of the personality theory. The study also
revealed that the change in personality would help in minimizing workforce-related issues and
how it tends to remove the problems faced by the proper management of the organization by
the management.
9. Rezapouraghdam, H. et al., 2018. Employee workplace spirituality and pro-environmental
behaviour in the hotel industry. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(5), pp.740-758.
Rezapouraghdam is the faculty of Mediterranean University in Turkey and has taken into
account employees who are working in the hotels in Turkey. The study has focused on a

relatively new field of tourism and hospitality. The study revealed a new strategy called
connectedness to nature and identifies how bringing environmental awareness among the
employees helps in reducing workforce stress and provides them some time to spend in
protecting nature. The study would also help in accessing the importance of protecting the
environment and how it protects the vicinity of the surrounding and helps in significant
reduction of the imbalance in the work of the employees working in a hotel group.
10. Hassard, J. et al., 2018. The financial burden of psychosocial workplace aggression: A
systematic review of cost-of-illness studies. Work & Stress, 32(1), pp.6-32.
Hassard has been a psychologist who is currently working in the Department of Psychology at
Nottingham University in the UK. The study included the audience from Australia, the UK, Italy
and Spain to identify the psychological workplace aggression at the office environment. The
study is in tune with the given topic as it highlights high cost associated with the aggression
expressed by the employees and how it creates an imbalance in the workforce at the given
office premises. The study revealed that there is a huge burden on the company due to such
imbalance and it creates a high-stress level which affects the efficiency as well as productivity of
the given organization situated across different countries.
Gadegaard et al. (2018) have described in their studies that workplace violence and threats
have become a common phenomenon and there is various violence prevention behaviour
which would help to tackle the growing threats at the workplace. On the other hand, Toussaint
(2016) have stated in their studies that if the health of the employees is taken into account and
the concept of forgiveness is applied all over the office, it would result in decrease in conflicts
among employees and management and would result in increase in the productivity in the
office premises.
Wu and Chen (2018) have revealed in their studies that workforce issues are related to the
psychology and believe that utilizing shared leadership, commitment in the work and bring
creativity in the office premises would result in a decrease in work-related issues and thus
would help in the creation of the healthy environment. Valentine and Fleischman (2017) have
revealed in their studies that bullying at the workplace would result in a decrease in satisfaction

level among the employees and thus would pose a concern as an ethical issue. So, the study has
focused on minimizing the cases of bullying and helping the employees to come out from such
situations.
Haar et al. (2017) have illustrated in their study that a work-life balance could be maintained in
an organization if a process model is utilized which would help in the creation of a good and
creative environment and thus would increase the efficiency of the company in an effective
manner. Mayowa et al. (2016) have agreed with the above studies and found that workplace
conflicts could be reduced by using ethical leadership skill. The reason behind this as stated by
the researchers has been that with the application of the given leadership, there has been a
reduction of the work-related issues and has resulted in the creation of a good working
environment for the employees.
Cortina et al. (2017) have revealed a new concept of criminal psychology according to which
there are some people who are decent looking yet are of the criminal mind and thus create a
conflicting atmosphere and affects the working of the company. Tasselli et al. (2018) have
stated in their studies that the personality plays an important role in the organizational
behaviour and states the importance of employees' behaviour and how it could be amended to
suit the organization in an effective manner.
Rezapouraghdam et al. (2018) have stated completely new in their studies. According to them,
the study has focused on bringing spirituality in the working and has concern for the
environment at the workplace so as to improve the employees' behaviour and decrease the
workplace conflict. Hassard et al. (2018) on the other hand has disclosed in their studies that
high aggression at the workplace puts a psychological burden on the organization which in
turns creates more work-related issues and affect the efficiency of the given organization.