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Nearly one in three workers report experiencing bullying at work. Learn more about what constitutes workplace bullying and how to handle it.
It’s easy to assume that bullying is an issue only schoolteachers and parents need to worry about. That’s not actually the case, however. Nearly one in three workers report having been bullied at work, according to the 2021 Workplace Bullying Survey, conducted by the Workplace Bullying Institute. Of course, bullying is wrong no matter where it occurs. In the workplace, bullying can undermine an employee’s ability to function and ultimately, cut into the company’s bottom line. That’s according to researchers at the University of South Australia, University of Queensland, and Auburn University, co-authors of the study, Workplace Bullying as an Organizational Problem: Spotlight on People Management Practices. “It leads to mental health problems, post-traumatic stress symptoms, emotional exhaustion, poor job satisfaction, high staff turnover, low productivity, sleep problems and even suicide risks,” they stated.
What is workplace bullying?
Workplace bullying, according to the researchers, is “a form of systematic mistreatment that occurs repeatedly and regularly over time, whereby the target has difficulty defending themselves due to the power imbalance between the parties involved.”
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