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Dr. Anita Garvey is a Senior Lecturer in Organisational Studies at Northumbria University. Her research areas involve using the lens of political philosophy, critical theory and sociological analysis, to analyse phenomena in the field of organisational studies, contextualised by neoliberal capitalism.

Anita is a critical scholar whose qualitative doctoral research focused on the concept of ‘moralistic workplace bullying’ in a marketised UK Public Sector, using Gramsci’s concept of hegemony.

Moralistic workplace bullying involves actors of bullying abusing their power and legitimising their behaviour through falling back on organisational norms and mores. Simultaneously, actors of bullying engage in moral condemnation and disdainful criticism of the employees that they target, ultimately leading to the latter’s ejection from the organisation. The actors of moralistic workplace bullying justify their own behaviour through presenting and claiming moral probity, which exonerates their negative actions - with the aim of keeping their positions in complex hegemonic workplace environments of austerity.

From a feminist perspective, Anita also has an interest in gender, racism and class, entailing examining the intersectionality of these areas of political, social and personal identity, and their implications for societal and workplace inequality.

Anita is a Programme Leader, Module Tutor and Dissertation Supervisor, and since her arrival at the university has been nominated for student awards in the category of Best Lecturer and Best Pastoral Support.

Research interests

Critical Organisational Studies, Workplace Bullying and Harassment, Intersectionality.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Social Philosophy, PhD, Gramscian Hegemonic Power Relations, the Marketisation of the UK Public Sector, and the Legitimisation of the Moralistic Bully., Northumbria University

Psychology, MA (Hons)

Human Organisations, PGDip

Careers Guidance, PGDip

Human Organisations, PGCert

External positions

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

International Association of Workplace Bullying and Harassment

The British Psychological Society

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