Summary of Gary Namie & Ruth Namie's The Bully at Work

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#1 Bullying at work is when a worker is subjected to repeated, health-harming mistreatment by one or more of their colleagues that takes the form of verbal abuse, conduct or behaviors that are threatening, intimidating, or humiliating, and/or sabotage that prevents work from getting done.

#2 The workplace is a prime location for targets to be bullied. The resources of the work world are used to defend the bully instead of the wronged target.

#3 Targets are the recipients of relentless verbal and tactical assaults that cut to the core of their being. over time, their personality is trampled, and they become helpless and unable to change matters for the better.

#4 Bullyproofing is about reclaiming dignity and self-respect. Unfortunately, the reclamation project seems to require that Targets make tremendous sacrifices to stop the bullying.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822537651

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Bullying at work is when a worker is subjected to repeated, health-harming mistreatment by one or more of their colleagues that takes the form of verbal abuse, conduct or behaviors that are threatening, intimidating, or humiliating, and/or sabotage that prevents work from getting done.

#2

The workplace is a prime location for targets to be bullied. The resources of the work world are used to defend the bully instead of the wronged target.

#3

targets are the recipients of relentless verbal and tactical assaults that cut to the core of their being. over time, their personality is trampled, and they become helpless and unable to change matters for the better.

#4

Bullyproofing is about reclaiming dignity and self-respect. Unfortunately, the reclamation project seems to require that Targets make tremendous sacrifices to stop the bullying.

#5

Bullying is not currently illegal, so how do employers react to it. In 62 percent of cases, when employers are made aware of bullying, they do nothing. Doing nothing is not a neutral act when an individual explicitly asks for help.

#6

Psychological violence is similar to bullying. It is violence whose impact is inevitably emotionally based, and it can be either verbal or mental.

#7

The effects of workplace bullying are more serious than those of school bullying. The economic livelihood of the Target is at risk, and the Target must have the help and support of third-party adults to reverse the conflict.

#8

Incivility and rudeness are not typically stressful, but they can be offensive and undignified. They do not qualify as bullying, however, according to our criteria. Workplace violence includes homicides and battery, physically striking a person.

#9

The link between the suicide and the cruel mistreatment and subsequent loss of the job is less obvious than the trail of bodies in a public shooting rampage.

#10

Workplace bullying is a serious threat to: employee health and safety, civil rights in the workplace, dignity at work, family cohesion and stability, and retention of skilled employees.

#11

The Target–bully relationship is different from other relationships because: the Target is swept into the relationship involuntarily, the bully controls every aspect of the reign of terror, mutual benefit or gain is not the goal, and the Target