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2 Int'l J. Restorative Just. 209 (2019)
Looking beneath the Iceberg: Can Shame and Pride Be Handled Restoratively in Cases of Workplace Bullying

handle is hein.journals/ijrestore2 and id is 215 raw text is: ARTICLE Looking beneath the iceberg: can shame and pride be handled restoratively in cases of workplace bullying Valerie Braithwaite and Eliza Ahmed' Abstract Central to restorative justice interventions that follow revised reintegrative sham- ing theory (Ahmed, Harris, Braithwaite & Braithwaite, 2001) is individual capacity to manage shame and pride in safe and supportive spaces. From a random sample of 1,967 Australians who responded to a national crime survey, 1,045 com- pleted a module about bullying experiences at work over the past year, along with measures of shame and pride management (the MOSS-SASD and MOPS scales). Those who identified themselves as having bullied others were pride-focused, not shame-focused. They were more likely to express narcissistic pride over their work success, lauding their feats over others, and were less likely to express humble pride, sharing their success with others. In contrast, victims were defined by acknowledged and displaced shame over work task failures. In addition to these personal impediments to social reintegration, those who bullied and those targeted had low trust in others, particularly professionals. While these findings do not chal- lenge macro interventions for culture change through more respectful and restora- tive practices, they provide a basis for setting boundaries for the appropriate use of restorative justice meetings to address particular workplace bullying complaints. Keywords: Bullying, victimisation, shame management, pride management, social connectedness. 1. Introduction It is inevitable in workplaces for a worker's performance to be evaluated by super- visors, co-workers and subordinates. Others' evaluation of work can elicit feelings of shame and pride. When we have not performed well, particularly when the per- son doing the evaluation is important to us, we are vulnerable to feelings of * Valerie Braithwaite is a Professor at the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Eliza Ahmed is a visiting fellow at the Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Contact author: Valerie.Braithwaite@anu.edu.au. The International Journal of Restorative Justice 2019 vol. 2(2) pp. 209-234 209 doi: 10.5553/IJRJ/258908912019002002003

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