Tag Archive: Abusive bosses

Apr 24 2012

Time to face up to workplace bullying in schools

By Esme Kettle It was 3.45 on a Friday afternoon. The tears came almost as soon as the bell sounded and quickly became those choking sobs that prevent words from coming out, let alone making sense. She sat at one of the desks where the PSHE lesson on bullying had just taken place and allowed …

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Apr 19 2012

Workplace Bullying: It Happens More Often Than You Think

By Donna Fuscaldo Bullying doesn’t end on the playground. Workplace bullying is more common than you may think. According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, 35% of all adults in the U.S. experienced bullying at work in 2010. While bullies in elementary school and high school prey on perceived weaknesses, it’s often the star performers that …

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Apr 12 2012

9 Signs There’s an Office Bully in Your Midst

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries reports that 47 million American workers (around 46%) say they’ve personally contended with workplace bullying within the previous year; 15 million (13%) suffered from it at least once weekly. Insulting, harassing, and abusive peers often come stereotypically slapped as denizens of the junior high and high school hallways, …

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Apr 10 2012

Bullying doesn’t just hurt your feelings – it can actually make you ill, say researchers

By Ted Thornhill Bullying can result in the immune system suffering, says a new study on monkeys. Lead author Jenny Tung from Duke University in North Carolina studied rhesus macaques and found that when one was introduced to a new group, which results in it having the lowest status, it became stressed and its immune …

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