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Trouble at work, travellers vs tourists

Laurie Taylor hears about groundbreaking research into bullying, harassment and stress at work. Also, travellers versus tourists.

Trouble at work: Laurie Taylor considers the findings of the largest UK study on ill treatment in the workplace ever undertaken. He's joined by the researchers, Ralph Fevre and Amanda Robinson, who claim that organisations which are well versed in modern management practices may create a culture in which bullying, harassment and stress thrive. Also, travellers versus tourists - Lara Week's research questions whether or not those seeking 'authentic culture' provide more to foreign countries than those who stick to the 'tourist trail'

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Dr Amanda Robinson

Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Cardiff University

Trouble at Work

Ralph Fevre, Duncan Lewis, Amanda Robinson, Trevor Jones (Authors)

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

ISBN-10: 1408137038

ISBN-13: 978-1408137031

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Ralph Fevre

Professor of Social Research at Cardiff University

Trouble at Work

Ralph Fevre, Duncan Lewis, Amanda Robinson, Trevor Jones (Authors)

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

ISBN-10: 1408137038

ISBN-13: 978-1408137031

The New Sociology of Economic Behaviour

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

ISBN-10: 0761966633

ISBN-13: 978-0761966630

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Lara Week

Writer and Producer

Abstract: "I am not a tourist: Aims and implications of “traveling”

doi: 10.1177/1468797612454627

Tourist Studies August 2012 vol. 12 no. 2 186-203

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