More on workplace bullying and the recession: WBI Survey
Here are the Workplace Bullying Institute’s Labor Day findings about workplace bullying and the recession, based on an analysis of survey data from self-reported bullying targets: According to the WBI...
View Article2010 Workplace Bullying Conference in Cardiff, Wales
Planning for the 7th International Conference on Workplace Bullying & Harassment, scheduled for June 2-4, 2010, is well underway. This has become the flagship event for exchange of research,...
View ArticleBullied at work, then bullied by the legal system
A lousy work experience is bad enough, but it can get worse if you seek relief from our legal system. You may even experience an injury that therapist Karin Huffer calls “Legal Abuse Syndrome.” How the...
View ArticleBob Rosner on the Worst Places to Work
In Today’s Workplace, journalist and workplace observer Bob Rosner serves up a good post on the Worst Places to Work. Here’s a nice snippet: Having personally responded to over 50,000 emails from...
View ArticleWorkplace pioneer: Barack Obama as a modern day Jackie Robinson
I never thought that I would be comparing President Obama to Jackie Robinson, the Hall of Fame baseball player who broke the game’s color line when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Throughout...
View ArticleMurder of Yale graduate student raises bullying/violence and school/work...
The killing of a Yale graduate student and lab worker, Annie Le, allegedly at the hands of a co-worker, Ray Clark, has been grabbing a lot of headlines in this region of the country. Initially treated...
View ArticleBoston’s Hyatt Hotels: Not Much Hospitality Toward Their Own Workers
On ongoing labor story here in Boston underscores why jobs and employment must remain one of our highest political, economic, and policy priorities. It involves three Hyatt hotels whose management...
View ArticleNovember’s Work, Stress, and Health Conference: A tipping point for workplace...
One of the best gatherings to learn about the latest research on psychological health in the workplace is the biennial “Work, Stress, and Health” Conference co-sponsored by the American Psychological...
View ArticleDownload and use it: The 2007 WBI/Zogby Workplace Bullying Survey Results
During the past few months I’ve been fairly buried in writing obligations, most of which deal in some way with workplace bullying and psychological health in the workplace. One source I return to time...
View ArticleWhen workplace bullying triggers workplace violence
In his 1995 book Violence at Work, Joseph A. Kinney, founder of the National Safe Workplace Institute, observed that workplace violence can be a consequence of bullying at work. Kinney noted that...
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