Sharing our Knowledge
4th to 6th June 2008,
École des Sciences de la Gestion
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montréal,
Canada
Bullying has been a source of growing concern in contemporary organizations, and the international dimension
to this conference will highlight the fact that the problem is not constrained by borders or culture. Following the highly
successful conferences of Stafford (1998), Brisbane (2000), London (2002), Bergen (2004) and Dublin (2006), the 2008 conference
in Montreal was seek to provide a leading edge overview of our current knowledge of bullying in the workplace.
The
intersection between different research traditions, theoretical and methodological backgrounds, as well as between research
and practice, are necessary conditions for the development of new ideas and encouraged such an expansion of knowledge
in our conference.
Invited were researchers, business and organizational representatives, labour leaders, industry
representatives, lawyers, human resources, health and psychological professionals, and practitioners from all disciplines
who are involved in research and/or practice on bullying at work to submit proposals for poster presentations, and papers
on new research findings, prevention/intervention programs, and policies that address the problem of bullying at work. Students
and junior researchers are invited to share their research as well.
Hosted by UQAM, University of Quebec
at Montreal
This biannual international conference came to North America for
the first time.
In addition to a stimulating program of papers and keynote addresses,
the formerly European group
of planners created a new organization, an Association,
with a truly representative international Board.