BULLYING WARNING SIGNS
The Andrea Adams Trusts defines bullying as:
Unwarranted, humiliating, offensive behaviour towards an individual or groups of employees;
Persistently negative malicious attacks on personal or professional performance which are typically unpredictable, unfair, irrational, and often unseen;
An abuse of power or position that can cause anxiety that people gradually lose all belief in themselves, suffering physical ill health and mental distress as a direct result;
The use of position or power to coerce others by fear or persecution, or to oppress them by force or threat.
The Trust accepts there is a fine line between strong management and bullying. But when the target of bullying is persistently downgraded and becomes distressed, that line is crossed, the physical effects can be much the same as with any other form of stress: feeling sick, loss of appetite, numbness, panic attacks, even depression!.
"Often the people being bullied are normally confident and high achievers. The bully sees them as a threat and tries to wear them down, bit by bit".
"The landscape of workplace violence now includes "intimidation", "bullying", "harrassment", and a host of other behaviour whose only purpose is to isolate and denigrate the intended victim, who like most of us, come to work never anticipating that we will be the subject of abuse, ridicule or violent threat".
So Who Are The Bullies At Work!
So, what sort of people turn into bullies? The psychology varies, says Prof. Cary Cooper. 'You go from the psychopath who had a problem early in childhood who, when they get to a position of power, feel that if they make other people feel incompetent it must mean they are very competent themselves. These tend to be very insecure people. 'But the majority of bullies are not psychopathic. The bulk of them is just under such stress and they use bullying as a management tool'.
Reference:
OSHE Bulletin, July 2008. Avoiding violent outcomes at workplace.
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