Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Surrey GU2 5TE, UK.
J Nurs Manag. 2009 Nov;17(7):898-906. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.00983.x.
We present three case studies of discrimination to illustrate how racist bullying as discriminatory practices operates in the workplace.
Workplace bullying in the British health care sector is reported along with evidence of discrimination towards overseas-trained nurses recruited to work in the United Kingdom (UK).
The three interviews, which form the basis of the discussion in this paper, were selected purposively from a national study of overseas nurses because they present strong examples of the phenomenon of workplace bullying. The data on which this paper draws were collected through semi-structured, audio-recorded interviews and thematically re-analysed using nvivo V2.
The national study showed how racism is entrenched in health workplaces. Our findings in this paper suggest that racism can be understood by the concept of racist bullying. There are four key findings which illustrate racist bullying in the workplace: abusive power relationships, communication difficulties, emotional reactions to racist bullying and responses to bullying.
We argue that the literature on workplace bullying adds a layer of analysis of discrimination at the individual and organizational levels which enables us to further delineate racist bullying. We conclude that racist bullying can be specifically identified as a form of bullying. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGERS: Our data may assist managers to challenge current workplace working practices and support bullied employees. The three interviews show different responses to racist bullying which allow us to explore some implications for management practice.
我们呈现了三个歧视案例，以说明种族主义欺凌作为歧视性做法如何在工作场所运作。
英国医疗保健部门报告了工作场所欺凌事件，并存在针对在英国工作的海外培训护士的歧视证据。
这三个访谈是从一项针对海外护士的全国性研究中选择的，作为本文讨论的基础，因为它们提供了工作场所欺凌现象的有力例证。本文所依据的数据是通过半结构化、录音访谈收集的，并使用 nvivo V2 进行主题重新分析。
全国性研究表明种族主义如何根深蒂固于卫生工作场所。我们在本文中的发现表明，种族主义可以通过种族主义欺凌的概念来理解。有四个关键发现说明了工作场所的种族主义欺凌：滥用权力关系、沟通困难、对种族主义欺凌的情绪反应和对欺凌的反应。
我们认为，工作场所欺凌的文献增加了对个人和组织层面歧视的分析层次，使我们能够进一步划定种族主义欺凌。我们得出结论，种族主义欺凌可以被明确认定为一种欺凌形式。
我们的数据可能有助于管理者挑战当前的工作场所工作实践，并为受欺凌的员工提供支持。这三个访谈展示了对种族主义欺凌的不同反应，使我们能够探索一些管理实践的影响。
