Mrs Matildah Tshabalala (South Africa)

A model for the management of nurse educator bullying in nursing education institutions

A model for the management of

nurse educator bullying in nursing

education institutions

by Matilda Tshabalala

Passed PHD proposal study:

Supervisor: Prof J Maritz Unisa

No conflict of interest

Employer: Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College

PHD Proposal – Self Funded

Background

In academia and Nursing Education Institutions (NEI), we are

losing exceptional nurse educators…… (Fehr & Siebel 2017:67).

Most NEI's senior nurse educators are more likely to be offenders

of bullying…..

Although there has been an increasing acknowledgment that

bullying is one of the most concerning……..there has been slight

advancement in developing descriptive models.

Background

The stereotypical opinion is that bullying is deeply ingrained…..

When there is bullying amongst nurse educators, it is perceived as a

reflection of….. Birks, Stewart, and Budden in Ferh and Siebel

(2017:69)

How some nurse educators oppress others..

The "offenders of bullying might transfer the unacceptable behaviour

to students and new employees …

Background

Hutchinson and Jackson, (2015:14) suggested that it is not possible to

understand workplace bullying without…..

In general bullying originates from an individual with low esteem and low

self-concept or a weakened personal conflict.

Cyberbullying is fairly a current phenomenon……Sandy (2016:406)

Electronic bullying evidence is difficult to gather or prove……

To reduce bullying it should start………..

Problem statementp

Problem statement

Regardless of the vast research done on workplace

bullying……………

some nurse educators who were eyewitnesses of bullying

might feel…..

Unaddressed bullying challenges can lead to hidden harmful

behaviour, and an attitude of leniency and disbelief.

Workplace bullying stems from deteriorated interpersonal

conflict

Problem statement

Some identified causes of bullying are decreased levels of job

satisfaction and an autocratic leadership style.

Power in NEI's is the main distinctive component with bullying as one of

the components of NEI malfunction (Sullivan & Decker, 2018: np).

• There are believes that when NEIs does not appreciate…….

• Bullying in the workplace can be sabotaging others by ……..

• Nurse educator bullying reflects behaviour where power and position are

used as an exchange and a justification for unacceptable behavior.

Research questions

• Phase one: Situational analysis

• 1. What are Nurse Educators' nurse educators’ and stakeholders’ (NEIs’ Head

of Departments, Vice Principals’, Principals’ and managers’) lived experiences

regarding bullying in Nursing Education Institutions?

• Phase two: Model Development

• 2. What should a model for the management of nurse educator bullying in

Nursing Education Institutions consist of?

• 3. How effective is the model for the management of nurse educator bullying?

Research purpose

……. is to develop a model for the management of nurse educator bullying

in Nursing Education institutions

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Phase one: Situation analysis

• To explore and describe the nurse educators’ and stakeholders’ (NEIs’ Head of Departments, Vice Principals’, Principals’ and managers’) lived experiences regarding bullying in NEI.

Phase two: Model Development

• To develop a model for the management of nurse educator bullying in NEIs.

• To evaluate model for the management of nurse educator bullying in NEIs.

. Theoretical Framework

Pierre Bourdieu’s theory will be used as it is relevant, and it addresses…..

Bourdieu is a structuralism constructivism sociologist who used different

approaches of fields that influence power in societal structures.

Habitus is everyday individual lifestyle and tendencies

Bourdieu’s studies have indicated that “Power has impact in the way

society behaves……………..

According to this theory people can use power dominance or power

resistance in any field and that can result in power imbalance resulting in

bullying.

Research design and method

A transcendental or descriptive phenomenological research design

(Creswell & Poth, 2018:78). “Transcendental” means “in which

everything is perceived freshly”, or everything seems to be new and

recent, like it is for the first time” (Moustakas, 1994, p. 34).

Population; in-depth individual interview (data saturation)

non-probability, purposive sampling method….

Colaizzi’s data analysis method (Creswell & Poth 2018:201),

Trustworthiness (Lincoln & Guba, 1985)

Ethical considerations (Dhai & McQuiod-Mason, 2014)

THANK YOU

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