Workplace bullying in Finland: Prevention methods and their implementation in Finnish companies

The purpose of this thesis was to gain deeper understanding to workplace bullying and its prevention in Finland. The main aim was to find out whether the prevention is effective, and if the employees are aware of the policies and procedures. The thesis concludes that while workplace bullying prevention is considered important, and many organisations state that they do not allow workplace bullying in any form, many of the employees were not satisfied with the prevention. The majority of the respondents had not received any information regarding workplace bullying, and they were not aware of any policies or procedures. In some cases, prevention was either insufficient or missing. The results reveal that there are many faults in Finnish workplaces, which calls for better prevention actions and more management practices