CHAPTER 17
How Bullying Manifests at Work
by Ludmila N. Praslova, Ron Carucci, and Caroline Stokes
An estimated 48.6 million Americans, or about 30% of the workforce, are bullied at work.1 In India, that percentage is reported to be as high as 46% or even 55%.2 In Germany, it’s a lower but nonnegligible 17%.3 Yet bullying often receives little attention or effective action.
To maximize workplace health and well-being, it’s critical to create workplaces where all employees—regardless of their position—are safe. Systemic, organizational-level approaches can help prevent the harms associated with different types of bullying. Here, we’ll discuss the different types of bullying, the myths that prevent leaders from addressing it, and how organizations ...
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