Bastards at Work; Universal Lessons on Bullying from Contemporary French Storytelling

ISBN-13: 9781800794740 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 342 str.

Martin Goodman

Opis

Bullying is a social phenomenon that defines the contemporary workplace. In France, workplace bullying has emerged as a subject of intense interest and controversy. This study contextualises and analyses a new wave of fictional storytelling that has emerged in France since the year 2000.

Recenzje

«A fascinating and unique insight into the phenomenon of workplace bullying through the prism of contemporary French fiction. The book captures the individual suffering and power dynamics that characterise bullying in the workplace, while situating this within wider debates in the social sciences, psychology and cultural studies.» (Sarah Waters, Professor of French Studies, University of Leeds)

«Drawing on a rich range of examples, Goodman deftly probes the stories told about workplace bullying not simply as a vital topic in its own right but as an important way to explore the effects of neoliberalism on working lives. Tremendously well informed, the book will be of interest to students of both French culture and contemporary labour practices.» (Martin O'Shaughnessy, Professor, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University)

Spis treści

Contents: Mind games: The workplace as battleground for psychological warfare - Systemic violence: The organisation as bully - Homo oeconomicus and beyond - Brain over brawn: Psychological violence in the era of knowledge work - Body and mind: Bullying and medicalisation at work - Degrees of complicity: Co- workers as witnesses - Storytelling as authentic lived experience - Corporate: Emilie's journey: A sequence analysis - Isabelle Sorente's play, Hard copy (English trans. Martin Goodman).

O autorze

Martin Goodman is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and a former HR director and management consultant. He has worked for major global businesses, government departments and international inter-governmental agencies. He holds a PhD in French (Leeds), Master's degrees in Comparative Literature (London) and Management Studies (Durham), and a diplôme approfondi de langue française from the French Education Ministry. He is a member of the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment (IAWBH) and a former Chartered Fellow of the UK's Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).