Northern Territory Public Sector : People Matter Survey Report 2014
Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment reports; Reports; PublicationNT
2015
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Northern Territory. Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment -- Periodicals; Civil service -- Northern Territory -- Personnel management -- Periodicals
Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment
Darwin
2206-0235
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06 | DETAILED RESULTS 54 0 6 | D E TA ILE D R E SU LT S NORTHERN TERRITORY PUBLIC SECTOR PEOPLE MATTER SURVEY REPORT 2014 FIGURE 6.13: Nature, offender and actions taken by witnesses B ul ly in g N at ur e* Being assigned meaningless tasks unrelated to the job Deliberately changing rosters to inconvenience you Deliberately withholding information vital to your effective work performance Exclusion/isolation Given impossible assignments Intimidation Other Prefer not to specify Psychological harassment Verbal abuse 15% B ul lie d by * Client/customer Fellow worker Group of fellow workers Immediate manager Member of the public Prefer not to specify Senior manager Subordinate A ct io n af te r w it ne ss in g bu lly in g* Made a note of the occurrence but took no action Other Reported the matter formally or informally Spoke about the matter to the person perceived to be the bully Spoke about the matter to the person perceived to have been bullied Took no action 9% 32% 43% 11% 52% 15% 12% 32% 34% 4% 29% 8% 29% 3% 12% 31% 7% 19% 8% 46% 24% 42% 11% * Workplace bullying is repeated, unreasonable behaviour directed to an employee or group of employees that creates a risk to health and safety. Bullying should not be confused with legitimate feedback given to staff (including negative comments) on their work performance or work-related behaviour; or other legitimate management decisions and actions undertaken in a reasonable and respectful way.