Workplace Bullying
Workplace Bullying
Angela Barbato
BUS 600 Management
Professor Frank Bucaria
February 8, 2014
Workplace bulling is abusive behavior that creates an intimidating and uncomfortable work environment that affects another person or persons safety or well-being (Qualia Soup, 2014). The article Workplace Bullying: Costly and Preventable by Wiedmer, T.L. (2011) discusses work place bullying and its effects on productivity and the work environment.
Workplace bulling is malicious behavior by a person or group of people that causes others to be uncomfortable, fearful, and sometimes threatened. Ultimately, it affects the person’s ability to be productive. As stated in the article, bullying can take many forms. Verbal abuse and offensive conduct can cause employees to feel less confident, humiliated, threatened, and alienated. These feelings will cause employees to be less productive, eventually affecting organizational productivity and profits (Wiemer, T.L., 2011).
The bully tends to act in this manner to gain control, destroy a person’s credibility, and cause harm to the individual and the working environment. Workplace bullying activities resulted in the targets reporting stress related health problems such as anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and even posttraumatic stress (Workplace Bullying Institute, n.d.)
The article describes surveys that were done to measure the extent of bullying that happens in the workplace. The WBI-Zogby survey is the largest scientific study of bullying in the United States. The survey was an online survey conducted in August of 2007 and had 7,740 responses (Workplace Bullying Institute, 2007). Some of the startling results of the survey were:
Most bullies are bosses (72%), 57% of targets are women, 62% of employers ignore or worsen the problem, 45% of targets suffer stress-related health problems, 40% of bullied individuals never tell their employers, and only 3% of bullied people
Angela Barbato
BUS 600 Management
Professor Frank Bucaria
February 8, 2014
Workplace bulling is abusive behavior that creates an intimidating and uncomfortable work environment that affects another person or persons safety or well-being (Qualia Soup, 2014). The article Workplace Bullying: Costly and Preventable by Wiedmer, T.L. (2011) discusses work place bullying and its effects on productivity and the work environment.
Workplace bulling is malicious behavior by a person or group of people that causes others to be uncomfortable, fearful, and sometimes threatened. Ultimately, it affects the person’s ability to be productive. As stated in the article, bullying can take many forms. Verbal abuse and offensive conduct can cause employees to feel less confident, humiliated, threatened, and alienated. These feelings will cause employees to be less productive, eventually affecting organizational productivity and profits (Wiemer, T.L., 2011).
The bully tends to act in this manner to gain control, destroy a person’s credibility, and cause harm to the individual and the working environment. Workplace bullying activities resulted in the targets reporting stress related health problems such as anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and even posttraumatic stress (Workplace Bullying Institute, n.d.)
The article describes surveys that were done to measure the extent of bullying that happens in the workplace. The WBI-Zogby survey is the largest scientific study of bullying in the United States. The survey was an online survey conducted in August of 2007 and had 7,740 responses (Workplace Bullying Institute, 2007). Some of the startling results of the survey were:
Most bullies are bosses (72%), 57% of targets are women, 62% of employers ignore or worsen the problem, 45% of targets suffer stress-related health problems, 40% of bullied individuals never tell their employers, and only 3% of bullied people
References: EHow. (2014, February 07). Bullying & Harassment in the Workplace. Retrieved from EHow: http://www.ehow.com/about_7219925_bullying-harassment-workplace.htm Fox News. (2014, February 07). Workplace Bullying on Fox News. Retrieved from You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaLmrtCb3yM Qualia Soup. (2014, February 07). Workplace Bullying. Retrieved from You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAgg32weT80 Wiemer, T.L. (2011). Workplace Bullying: Costly and Preventable. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 77(2) 35-41. Retrieved from ProQuest: http://search.proquest.com/docview/84922117 Workplace Bullying Institute. (2007). Results of the WBI U.S. Workplace Survey . Retrieved from Workplace Bullying Institue: http://www.workplacebullying.org/wbiresearch/wbi-2007/ Workplace Bullying Institute. (2014, February 07). Workplace Bullying Institute. Retrieved from Workplace Bullying Institute: http://www.workplacebullying.org/front-page/ Workplace Bullying Institute. (n.d.). How Bullying happens. Retrieved from Workplace Bullying Institue: http://www.workplacebullying.org/targets/problem/why-bullies-bully.html