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Thinking Allowed: Workplace Misbehaviour

Workplace Misbehaviour

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Workplace misbehaviour: how has it changed over the years?

Laurie Taylor explores the history and present of employees behaving badly. How has it changed over the years? Also, bullying and violence amongst elite chefs.

Workplace Misbehaviour: Laurie Taylor talks to Paul Thompson, Emeritus Professor of Employment Studies at the University of Stirling, about workers behaving badly, from pilferage and absenteeism to the deployment of satirical humour and dissent on social media. In what ways has the modern workplace  facilitated new kinds of recalcitrance?  Also, Rebecca Scott, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at  the University of Cardiff,  explores bullying and aggressive behaviour among chefs employed in fine dining restaurants.  Does the isolation of the work itself, combined with  the geography of elite kitchens,  lead to outrageous conduct that would be condemned elsewhere?

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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