Workplace Bullying: Costly and Preventable
Tags: BULLYING in the workplace; WORK environment; INDUSTRIAL relations; AGGRESSION (Psychology); MANAGEMENT
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- Brutish behavior. Hodgkiss, Kate // Commercial Motor;12/4/2003, Vol. 198 Issue 5057, p36
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- Time to Target Workplace Bullies. Challenger, John A. // California Job Journal;5/8/2011, Vol. 29 Issue 1267, p5
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- Bully for you. Gregory, Annie // Works Management;Apr2005, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p40
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- The brain drain that leads to stress. Griffiths, Julie // People Management;9/29/2005, Vol. 11 Issue 19, p14
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- Personality trait scores among occupationally active bullied persons and witnesses to bullying. Persson, Roger; Hogh, Annie; Hansen, �se-Marie; Nordander, Catarina; Ohlsson, Kerstina; Balogh, Istvan; �sterberg, Kai; �rb�k, Palle // Motivation & Emotion;Dec2009, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p387
There is little research on the personalities and emotional stability of persons who report being bullied or witnessing bullying at work. Men and women ( N = 247) from 19 to 64 years of age and in manual labour completed a questionnaire concerning the psychosocial work climate, bullying and...
- Ensuring banter never evolves into bullying. Danielli, Darryl // PrintWeek;4/24/2008, p29
In this article, the author looks at the distinction between banter and bullying in the workplace. The author warns about workplace banter that becomes bullying. He notes that the line between banter and bullying in every other aspect is very fine and blurred. He suggests to foster an...
- Longitudinal relationships between workplace bullying and psychological distress. Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Hetland, J�rn; Matthiesen, Stig Berge; Einarsen, St�le // Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health;Jan2012, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p38
Objectives The aims of this study were to examine reciprocal longitudinal associations between exposure to workplace bullying and symptoms of psychological distress and to investigate how self-labeled victimization from bullying explains the effects of bullying on health. Methods Logistic...
