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HARCELEMENT PROFESSIONNEL [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
CONT

Workplace harassment is repeated behaviour, other than behaviour that is sexual harassment, that is directed at an individual worker or group of workers; is offensive, intimidating, humiliating or threatening; is unwelcome and unsolicited, and [that] a reasonable person would consider to be offensive, intimidating, humiliating or threatening for the individual worker or group of workers.

Key term(s)
  • harassment in the workplace

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
DEF

Action de soumettre un employé à des actes répétés de mépris et de dénigrement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología social
  • Psicología económica e industrial
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