Engaging men and women as allies: A workplace curriculum module to challenge gender norms about domestic violence, male bullying and workplace violence and encourage ally behavior

Issue title: Workplace Violence and Aggression, Part 1

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wagner, KC | Yates, Diane | Walcott, Quentin

Affiliations: MILR, the Worker Institute at Cornell, New York, NY, USA | MILR, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA | CONNECT, New York, NY, USA

Note: [] Address for correspondence: KC Wagner, the Worker Institute at Cornell, 16 East 34th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, USA. Tel.: +1 212 340 2826; Fax: +1 212 340 2822; E-mail: kcw8@cornell.edu

Abstract: This post-hoc analysis discusses a replicable workplace behavior change module called Men and Women As Allies, that was designed and implemented by a team of labor, management and community anti-violence educators at a private sector telecommunications employer. A job site-specific educational seminar linked issues of domestic violence to male bullying and workplace violence. It challenged social stereotypes about gender, taught skills to engage ally peer behavior and provided information on how to seek assistance from union, workplace and external community resources.

Keywords: Domestic violence, workplace awareness curriculum, male bullying, labor unions/management, allies

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1334

Journal: Work, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 107-113, 2012