Ensuring harmony in the workplace: The issues faced by managers in creating a “level playing field”
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 1 April 2006
Abstract
Purpose
The article examines the effects of backlash in the workplace.
Design/methodology/approach
The author discusses a number of causes and effects of backlash, presents the results of a survey conducted by a large Canadian financial institution and then offers a number of ways to deal with backlash.
Findings
There is no doubt that backlash exists in many organizations. If left uncontrolled this can have a very negative impact on the workplace.
Originality/value
Examines an important, but still under researched topic.
Keywords
Citation
(2006), "Ensuring harmony in the workplace: The issues faced by managers in creating a “level playing field”", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 40-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670730610663268
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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