Assédio moral: consequências e desafios para a prática psicológica

Abstract

Moral harassment is a phenomenon that has been identified with some frequency within organizations. It is a phenomenon as old as the work itself. And this is considered as any abusive conduct, expressed through words, acts or behaviors that aim to diminish or humiliate individuals or groups, causing various harms to the harassed. This work intends to elucidate, through a literature review, how the psychologist acts through cases of bullying, while he is inserted in organizational environments. For this purpose, we sought to identify studies that dealt with the activities developed. in the most diverse organizational environments, investigating if psychologists can increase their intervention levels in these environments. Fifteen qualitative articles with a type of theoretical-practical research were analyzed and the analysis was performed by classifying the articles according to the categories found and the type of intervention used in each article. The most prominent categories were “power relation and fear management”, “gender and stereotypes”, “preventive actions and health promotion”. The field of research within Psychology presents a certain distance from the technical issues related to moral harassment, which help in a more appropriate management. Highlighting the importance of more thorough research on the variables involving moral harassment, since the most prevalent methodological profile was that of descriptive and theoretical studies to the detriment of practical and experimental studies, these were found to be very limited. Becoming necessary further studies that deepen in the practices as in the performance of Psychology.