Strategies to address unprofessional behaviours among staff in acute healthcare settings: a realist review

Why do acute healthcare staff behave unprofessionally towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review (2024)
Journal Article
Aunger, J. A., Abrams, R., Westbrook, J. I., Wright, J. M., Pearson, M., Jones, A., Mannion, R., & Maben, J. (2024). Why do acute healthcare staff behave unprofessionally towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 12(25), https://doi.org/10.3310/PAMV3758

Background: Unprofessional behaviour in healthcare systems can negatively impact staff well-being, patient safety and organisational costs. Unprofessional behaviour encompasses a range of behaviours, including incivility, microaggressions, harassment... Read More about Why do acute healthcare staff behave unprofessionally towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review.

Why do acute healthcare staff behave unprofessionally towards each other and how these behaviours can be reduced: A realist review (2024)
Journal Article
Aunger, J. A., Abrams, R., Westbrook, J., Wright, J., Pearson, M., Jones, A., Mannion, R., & Maben, J. (2024). Why do acute healthcare staff behave unprofessionally towards each other and how these behaviours can be reduced: A realist review. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 25(12), https://doi.org/10.3310/PAMV3758

Background: Unprofessional behaviour in healthcare systems can negatively impact staff well-being, patient safety and organisational costs. Unprofessional behaviour encompasses a range of behaviours, including incivility, microaggressions, harassment... Read More about Why do acute healthcare staff behave unprofessionally towards each other and how these behaviours can be reduced: A realist review.

Why do acute healthcare staff engage in unprofessional behaviours towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Maben, J., Aunger, J., Abrams, R., Pearson, M., Wright, J., Westbrook, J., Mannion, R., & Jones, A. (2022). Why do acute healthcare staff engage in unprofessional behaviours towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review protocol. BMJ open, 12(7), Article e061771. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061771

INTRODUCTION: Unprofessional behaviours encompass many behaviours including bullying, harassment and microaggressions. These behaviours between healthcare staff are problematic; they affect people's ability to work, to feel psychologically safe at wo... Read More about Why do acute healthcare staff engage in unprofessional behaviours towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review protocol.