This submission presents a new practical solution for bridging the gap between what we know about the causes of workplace bullying and what can be done to prevent it.

This project, funded by a SafeWork SA Commissioned Research Grant (CRG), is innovative in creating an evidence-based practical tool to assess the risk of workplace bullying before it occurs.

In order to provide more detailed guidance to organisations regarding the risk management of bullying, this project took a fresh approach to understanding the organisational risk factors. First, we examined objective measures of job and organisational factors that may predict the likelihood of bullying at work. Second, we integrated traditionally-studied bullying risk factors within their...