Bullying in the Workplace  When is it a prank and when is it abuse?
What Exactly is Bullying?
Bullying Behavior
Types of Workplace Bullying
High Turnover Low Productivity Lost Innovation Hostile Work Environment  Expensive Insurance Premiums & Court Costs Destruction of Company Reputation & Culture Why is Bullying a Problem? BULLIES Bad for Business!! Too Expensive to Keep!
How common? Americans Support  Anti – Bullying Legislation Bullying is Legal Bullies are Bosses Bullies are Low-Ranking More Prevalent then  Illegal Harassment Workers are Bullied 35% 4X 72% 18% 80% 64%
“ Triangular Model of Workplace Bullying” The Bully Model – Gender Attribution The New Cancer The Scholastic Perspective
Media Example
Possible Solutions
Remember… “ Those that can, do. Those that can’t, Bully. ” ~ Tim Field
Brunner, P.W., & Costello, M.L. (2003) When the wrong woman wins: Building bullies and perpetuating patriarch.  Advancing Women in Leadership, 13 , 1-9. Glendinning, P. (2001).  Workplace Bullying: Curing the Cancer of the American Workplace.  Public Personnel Management 30,  269-285. Harvey, M. G., Heames, J. T., Richey, R. G., & Leonard, N. (2006) Bullying: From the playground to the boardroom.  Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 12 , 1-11. doi: 10.1177/107179190601200401 McAvoy, B. R., & Murtagh, J. (2003).  Workplace bullying: The silent epidemic.  British Medical   Journal, 326 , 776-777. doi: 10.1136/bmj 326.7393.776 Salin, D. (2001).  Prevalence and forms of bullying among business professionals: A comparison of two different strategies for measuring bullying.  European Journal of Work and   Organizational Psychology, 10,  425-441.  doi: 10.1080/13594320143000771   References

Bullying Media Presentation

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    Bullying in theWorkplace When is it a prank and when is it abuse?
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    What Exactly isBullying?
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    High Turnover LowProductivity Lost Innovation Hostile Work Environment Expensive Insurance Premiums & Court Costs Destruction of Company Reputation & Culture Why is Bullying a Problem? BULLIES Bad for Business!! Too Expensive to Keep!
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    How common? AmericansSupport Anti – Bullying Legislation Bullying is Legal Bullies are Bosses Bullies are Low-Ranking More Prevalent then Illegal Harassment Workers are Bullied 35% 4X 72% 18% 80% 64%
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    “ Triangular Modelof Workplace Bullying” The Bully Model – Gender Attribution The New Cancer The Scholastic Perspective
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    Remember… “ Thosethat can, do. Those that can’t, Bully. ” ~ Tim Field
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    Brunner, P.W., &Costello, M.L. (2003) When the wrong woman wins: Building bullies and perpetuating patriarch. Advancing Women in Leadership, 13 , 1-9. Glendinning, P. (2001). Workplace Bullying: Curing the Cancer of the American Workplace. Public Personnel Management 30, 269-285. Harvey, M. G., Heames, J. T., Richey, R. G., & Leonard, N. (2006) Bullying: From the playground to the boardroom. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 12 , 1-11. doi: 10.1177/107179190601200401 McAvoy, B. R., & Murtagh, J. (2003). Workplace bullying: The silent epidemic. British Medical Journal, 326 , 776-777. doi: 10.1136/bmj 326.7393.776 Salin, D. (2001). Prevalence and forms of bullying among business professionals: A comparison of two different strategies for measuring bullying. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 10, 425-441. doi: 10.1080/13594320143000771   References

Editor's Notes

  • #2 CATCHY HEADLINE?
  • #3 6/11 - http://www.psychologicalharassment.com/bullying.htm I think in the definition it needs to include something about repeated, deliberate acts http://www.google.com/imgres *Consider Revision: “Bullying situations are not always considered (next line) harassment; they can often be overlooked* cmb repetitive Change repetive to repetitive. Cmb Is this image have a creative commons license? If you go to this site, you can choose to search images that are allowed to be used, so long as referenced. http://search.creativecommons.org/ the flickr tab is pretty good. After you click on the picture on the right side it will say license somewhere and you can loook for “some rights reserved” and click that to make sure it’s ok to use. cmb
  • #4 Bullying behavior includes: teasing, threats, controlling, put-downs, name calling, intimidation, exclusion, gossip, inappropriate emails Bullying behavior includes: Threats or fear Psychological manipulation Personal attacks Misuse of power Aggression PHOTO REFERENCE: http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-mobbing-image17563560# http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-work-colleagues-arguing-image13318640
  • #5 6/11 (PDF) - The term mobbing refers to a group of coworkers targeting another worker. Supervisors should intervene immediately to address and stop mobbing behaviors. *where was this image obtained from? Cmb Photo resource: http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-work-image8006500
  • #6 Why is this a problem? Does it affect employees?
  • #7 According to the Workplace Bullying Institute national scientific surveys (conducted by Zogby in 2007 and 2010), 35% of workers have experienced bullying firsthand Bullying is 4X more prevalent than illegal harassment Most bullying is legal (80%) meaning it does violate laws and policies that cover harassment Most bullies are bosses (72%) compared to peers (18%) and lower ranking positions (10%) 64% of American workers support workplace bullying legislation to protect workers from “abusive conduct”
  • #8 Triangular Model – speaks to addressing the environment, the bully, the bullied (characteristics of each and how to address each) Gender Attribution – Preconceived notions of gender attributes exacerbate bullying, complicate the competitive nature of the work environment, woman bully woman furthering the gap btwn women and men Cancer – a bully systematically destroys a company Will insert footnote numbers to correspond with reference page Brunner & Costello 2003 Glendinning 2001 Harvey, Heames, Richey, & Leonard 2006
  • #9 Source of media (able to present in class)