mardi 21 janvier 2014

Some Causes Of Workplace Bullying

By Chris McArdle


There are a lot of ethics in every working environment. This ethics are well followed by people that work for a given organization. Some employees have a tendency of using aggressive behavior against others. This is behavior is referred to as workplace bullying. It can include several tactics that makes an individual uncomfortable in the place of work.

Some of the tactics used include physical abuse, humiliation and non verbal behavior among others. This type of aggression is categorized in different ways. Any type of aggression from the management to the employees is termed as organizational bullying. It can also be an aggressive behavior from one employee to another.

It can also be a form of discounting. This happens mostly when you are in meeting and other social events. People that bully you will always go against your opinions. They disagree with your ideas using abusive language and do anything to prove that you are not fit in the organization. People also tend to discredit others. Discrediting occurs whereby people show disregarded quality of completed work despite lack of evidence.

Other behaviors that make people uncomfortable are rumors and gossips in the organizations. People that want to intimidate others spread false information about others to tarnish their names. The rumors spread may be either organizational or personal issues outside the organization. This is a way of bullying workers in organizations.

Corporate restructuring is another cause of organizational tormenting. The structure of an organization can contribute much to animosity among workers. This is associated with angers resulting from demotions and promotions in an organization. The status of employees in an organization can also lead to inappropriate behaviors in the organization.

Another type is the threat to personal standing. This is whereby someone undermines the integrity of another. Insults and inappropriate jokes are also grouped in this type of behavior. When people criticize and call others names this is seen as a threat to ones personal standing.

In some organization people tend to prevent others from accessing certain opportunities. This is referred to as organizational isolation involves with holding some information so that some employees do not get to access it. Isolation can be both physical and social. Social isolation involves ignoring people in meetings and other social events in an organization. Some people overwork others. This includes getting undue pressure and working with no deadlines fixed. It may also include unnecessary disruptions . Another form of workplace bullying is destabilization.




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