Table 1 Typology summary table
Theme | Emotional Experience | Occupation | Gender | Position level | Years of experience in current setting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dismissing and Denying | Fear and ambivalence | Medical, Allied Health & Nurses | Mainly male staff & comments by female staff about colleagues | Graduate and junior staff but also senior management staff | Mainly less than 2 years’ experience, some between 4 and 6 years’ experience, one staff with more than 10 years’ experience |
Acknowledging but unprepared | Anxiety and lack confidence | Medical, Allied Health & Nurses | Male and female | Graduate and junior staff, some senior nursing staff | Half with less than 2 years’ experience and half with more than 10 years’ experience |
Empathising but despairing | Frustration and powerlessness | Nurses & Allied Health | Mainly female staff | Senior to junior staff | Mainly less than 2 years’ experience, some with 5 years’ experience, some staff with more than 10 years’ experience. |