What is Your Organizational Definition of Bullying?

 

An organizational change toward a healthier workplace culture may include the revision of policies and procedures, job descriptions, orientation, training, and annual training, which should readdress the organization's mission and values while declaring the organizational definition of bullying. Without an organizational definition of bullying and all its degrees, cognitive reconstruction occurs within the workplace environment that may justify all the dysfunctional behaviors of the bully triad until a devastating violent act occurs. Policies and procedures, job descriptions, and annual training should address the organizational definition of bullying so that bullying is considered abnormal or at least recognized as soon as it occurs. 

Dr. Debra Stewart

 

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Finding the Good in the Workplace Bully

 

An Organizational Approach to Workplace Bullying

Bullies in the Workplace May Reduce Overall Organizational Wellness

 

Meta-analysis of aggregate health data may provide information that health promotion administrators need to compare and contrast different systems for correlation and effectiveness. This analysis may reveal that the workplace does not have a bully prevention and management program. Organizations collect data such as absenteeism, accident and injury, retention, employee health risk assessments, and employee wellness program utilization. Research has found that an improvement in one of these reporting areas will yield favorable results in other areas of health and wellness reporting. If the workplace culture supports acts of bullying, then the participation and energies devoted to organizational and employee wellness will also decline. It is essential to look for a correlation between reports and incremental improvements to find a link that will help health promotion administrators and employers find the total value of their wellness programming and improve the economy of effort.

The Insecure Bully and Character Assassination

Character assassination is a form of bullying because it is a deliberate attempt to destroy someone's credibility and reputation. In psychology, character assassination begins when the bully is shamed, feels inferior, threatened, or is an insecure, narcissistic personality type. Character assassination involves triangulation instead of direct communication, gossiping, misuse of power and authority, manipulation of the truth, deceit, groupthink, double-speak, spreading of rumors, unhealthy egotism, and narcissism are used to defame and cast doubt on someone's morals and integrity.

Dr. Debra Stewart

 

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Finding the Good in the Workplace Bully

 

An Organizational Approach to Workplace Bullying