The study examines the persistence of bullying in a high-teamwork environment using self-categorization theory (SCT) and interaction ritual chain theory (IRCT). Findings from a qualitative study suggest that “isolation” is the key behavior police officers label as bullying and that other behaviors thought of as bullying may be tolerated, providing there is no exclusion. IRCT clarified the dynamics, whereas SCT explained the motivation for engaging in rituals containing behaviors that included bullying. The study posits a new framework for bullying in high-pressured teams and accounts for the tolerance to “bullying” behaviors in such work environments. Implications for addressing workplace bullying in these contexts are discussed.
Little has been written of the war neuroses as they affect the women's Services. From a joint personal experience of nearly 1,000 such cases, we believe that some features of interest arise, and that a brief analysis of our material and of the factors leading to breakdown in this minority of the W.A.A.F. population may have some importance, not only because of the economic and socialissues involved but also in relation to the general theory of the war neuroses. We are unable to give figures showing the respective incidence of psychiatric disability among men and women in the Service, and it seems unlikely that such figures will become available during the war. Many medical officers of mixed units state that there is an appreciably higher incidence in women. The accompanying Table shows the diagnoses in two groups of consecutive psychiatric cases seen. Cases among 250 Cases among 250 Diagnosis Consecutive Airmen Consecutive Airwomen Referred Referred Anxiety states
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