Randall, P. (2001). Bullying in Adulthood: Assessing the bullies and their victims . New York: Taylor & Franics Inc.
My source was found by conducting a search on Google scholar, using the keyword “workplace bullying”. The source is a book about adult bullying and written by Peter Randall, who is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of …show more content…
The source is a journal of business ethics titled, The early stages of workplace bullying and how it becomes prolonged: the role of culture in predicting target responses (Samnani, 2013). The journal research was conducted from Dr. Al-Karim Samnani, an assistant advisor at Odette School of Business University of Windsor. I used this as a source because of the background of Dr. Samnani, who has a PhD in Human Resource Management, Masters Degree in industrial relations, and Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management (Samnani, 2013). The credentials were confirmed by doing a Google search on Dr. Samnani, and locating his information on the University of Windsor website. Dr. Samnani has published fourteen journals, specifically addressing workplace productivity and bullying. Based on all of this information, I believe this is a reliable and credible source. Additionally, this Journal will support my argument thesis; workplace bullying will directly impact the productivity, health, and morale of police …show more content…
I found a book authored by Erika Andersen Leading So People Will Follow, which offers six leadership characteristics to inspire followers and support their leaders (Andersen, 2012). Anderson is an international speaker and the cofounder of Proteus, a consulting firm for leading businesses that provides tools to become successful leaders. Andersen’s research provides an alternate take to workplace problems, and suggests that is the employee’s responsibility to change their attitude and conform. Essentially, her work suggests that employees will adapt and follow the leaders of the company once they have been provided with crucial leadership training (Andersen, 2012). Andersen suggests that leaders and veterans who are new to their positions have the potential to be successful leaders by following her framework, to lead in a way that creates loyalty (Andersen, 2012). Andersen provides an alternate take on workplace bullying that suggests that the employee, claiming to be bullied, is partially to blame because of their personality or attitude. Her work does not necessarily refute my thesis; however, suggest taking an alternate route to change employees’ perceptions. I find that this will be beneficial for my research; furthermore it offers options for employees who feel they are being