This week we learned about how emotions can affect the
culture, outcomes, performance etc. in a workplace. What I'm going to focus
this on week is workplace bullying. To talk about this, I found this article which is quite interesting and it
shows us that besides the above mentioned 'damages', bullying cost
companies millions of dollars. The worst thing for a company that hires a
bully is not the billions of dollars in revenue but the trauma experienced in
the company that this bully creates. If bullies are not dealt with
appropriately, the company will suffer low productivity, absenteeism and even
physical illness. Bullies, unlike bad managers deliberately repeat
always-continued behavior, which is designed to make staff feel bad.
These people taint company’s names! Bullying is intentional and harmful,
bullying is not cool and who does it, it is a criminal offence. For more click here
B U LL Y I N G
I S NOT C O O L
"Altogether 949 municipal employees
answered a mailed questionnaire; 10.1% of them felt themselves bullied.
Especially some features in the functioning of the work unit, e.g. poor
information flow, an authoritative way of settling differences of opinion, lack
of mutual conversations about the tasks and goals of the work unit, and
insufficient possibilities to influence matters concerning oneself can all
promote bullying. Both the victims and the observers of bullying perceived
deficiencies in these aspects at their workplace. Gender and age did not
explain bullying. The victims of bullying felt that envy, a weak superior,
competition for tasks or advancement, and competition for the supervisor's favor
and approval were the most common reasons for bullying".
The sources of bullying - psychological work
environment and organizational climate, 2003, European Journal of Work
and Organizational Psychology, vol. 5
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