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  Archive for February, 2010

The science of bullying

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By Kenneth Westhues, TimesOnline It was only a matter of time before accusations of bullying would surface from Number 10 Downing Street, targeting even the Prime Minister. Buckingham Palace may be next. Over the past two decades, articles about bullying in The Times have leapt from about 200 to about 1300 per year. The increase [...]

Workplace bullying: the dark side of organisational life

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By Linda Alker, Reuters UK Workplace bullying is identified as one of the greatest sources of stress that you can put upon your employees, although organisations and managers are often slow to react to cases of bullying because bullying is not always accepted as a credible label for the kind of abuse that employees face [...]

Just what is bullying?

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By Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC News Magazine Everybody has been in an office where tempers were lost and swearing occurred on an occasional basis. But what distinguishes the acceptable boisterousness that characterises some workplaces with downright bullying? Shouting, screaming, swearing, ignoring or behaviour designed to embarrass. Has your boss done any of the above to you, [...]

Workplace Violence: What Small Business Owners Need to Know

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from American Banking News Are you wondering what workplace violence is and if it can affect your business? While no business owner or manger wants to think that this type of situation could ever occur in his or her company, it’s a fact that violence in the workplace is a very real problem that can [...]

What to do when your boss is a bully

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By Zosia Bielski, Globe and Mail Update He’d punch walls and angrily stab chairs with pens. Frequently, he’d yell at his staff, once pulling a secretary out of her chair for typing too slowly. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has a volcanic temper, according to a new book, The End of the Party, in which [...]

Psychology at Work: Five ways to tackle workplace bullying

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By Binna Kandola, Management Today How can organisations prevent bullying in the workplace? And how should they deal with it if it happens? ‘The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man’. If ever there was [...]

Workplace Violence: Nurses often get hit at work

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By Suzanne Hoholik, The Columbus Dispatch Many nurses are assaulted by the very patients they’re trying to help. Experts say most of these assaults take place in emergency departments or psychiatric units where patients and visitors might have used alcohol or drugs, or were improperly medicated. Nurses often take the brunt of patients’ frustration and [...]

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