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Editorial: Tragedy of ‘bullied’ worker trapped in misery
Editorial: Tragedy of ‘bullied’ worker trapped in misery
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, March 12th 2010   
By Les Horton, Gulf Daily News I am sure the room-mates whose bullying appears to have driven suicide victim Viliyaveettil Ashokan to his death meant no real harm. This tragic, 37-year-old father was, by his own brother's account, different. He was quiet, didn't make friends easily and kept to himself - which would isolate him from a closeknit group. It made his colleagues uneasy and he apparently became the target of suspicion and ridicule, bad enough if just [+]
To catch a bully
To catch a bully
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Monday, March 8th 2010   
By Luke Williams, EurekaStreet.com.au The growing awareness and legislation around bullying has had an unintended consequence: many workplace bullies have simply become sneaky. Covert bullying is now far more common than overt aggression. The modern workplace bully debilitates with a thousand subtle cuts; sarcasm, innuendo, sabotage, exclusion, criticism, overloading, discrimination. It's delicate but deadly psychological warfare, difficult to detect, tricky to explain and hard to report. Indeed, when it comes to psychical damage, the poison of [+]
How to deal with workplace bullying
How to deal with workplace bullying
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, March 3rd 2010   
from thisismoney.co.uk What are the signs? The most common bullying behaviours include excessive work monitoring and criticism, isolation / exclusion, intimidation and setting unrealistic targets. It may also be in the form of malicious rumours, public humiliation, insulting jokes and withholding information needed to get the job done. Whichever form it talks, bullying often leads to victims experiencing symptoms of stress, lowered confidence and decreased motivation. Insomnia, anxiety and even depression are also commons symptoms – [+]
Bully for you: Intimidation at work
Bully for you: Intimidation at work
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, March 2nd 2010   
By Cath Janes, The Guardian The allegations levelled against Gordon Brown this week are a timely reminder that bullying is not ­simply the domain of the playground. Workplace bullying is on the rise, a by-product of the added pressure placed on workers and employers by the recession. It can be hard to know where to draw the line between gruff management style and intimidation of a darker, more personal nature. Yet for some, the question of whether [+]
Is Your Boss a Bully? Take This Test.
Is Your Boss a Bully? Take This Test.
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Monday, March 1st 2010   
By Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D., Psychology Today Workplace bullying has reached epidemic proportions. A 2007 poll showed that 37% of workers are currently, or have been, the target of bullies at work. Another 12% have witnessed bullying in the workplace. That adds up to more than half of the U.S. workforce that has been impacted by bullying. Bullying can make the workplace a living hell, and can lead to turnover as targets quit their jobs in frustration [+]
When robust management becomes bullying
When robust management becomes bullying
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, February 26th 2010   
By Cary L. Cooper, CNN.com We have just heard this week about the allegations of bullying in the Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office in the UK, which hit all the headlines and raised the issue of "what is bullying and how do you deal with it?" It is certainly the case that during recessions and downturns, an abrasive management style and bullying are more likely, as pressure mounts on managers and employees to justify their jobs [+]
The science of bullying
The science of bullying
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, February 25th 2010   
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 is similar in other British and American newspapers. Bullying is an ancient word, but today's anti-bullying movement is just a few decades [+]
Workplace bullying: the dark side of organisational life
Workplace bullying: the dark side of organisational life
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, February 25th 2010   
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 in the workplace. For many the term ‘bullying’ carries with it too strong an association with childhood and the difficulties victims experience [+]
Just what is bullying?
Just what is bullying?
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, February 25th 2010   
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, and if so, did you shrug it off as normal office behaviour, or consider it something far more serious? In a [+]
What to do when your boss is a bully
What to do when your boss is a bully
Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, February 24th 2010   
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 political journalist Andrew Rawnsley describes a series of tirades during Mr. Brown’s second and third terms in office. The book was [+]

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