The Psychological and Physical Effects of Bullying in the Workplace

I have been reading a book series called Dust Lands. The first book is called Blood Red Road, and the second book I have just finished is called Rebel Heart, both are written by the infamous Moira Young. I must say that I absolutely adored both books. Especially Rebel Heart. It may have positively confused me and left me feeling sick to my stomach at points, but it was phenomenal! I would totally read it again, in fact, I wish I owned it so that I could read it again. Only after I’ve read the third book of course. Why, reread the second book when I still have the third book available to read.

The article Impact of Workplace Bullying on Emotional and Physical Well-Being: A Longitudinal Collective Case Study by Lovell and Lee address the situation that is taking placed in the workplace. Thus, bullying is a psychosocial occupational hazard, is not a disease in itself but a psychosocial stressor directly linked to workplace conditions that adversely affects the physical and psychological health of people subjected to harassment, triggering physiological responses and emotional.

This paper compares three studies on workplace bullying. The studies were conducted because workplace bullying is an epidemic that needs to be addressed and it needs to be understood to help future organizations prevent workplace bullying.

Bullying in the workplace has always been an issue that has not been given much importance. It is indeed a problem that should be addressed by the concerned personnel because it can result in many health and safety issues, especially when nurses are bullied at their workplace. From the beginning of times, people who are deployed at a senior post to tend to look down upon the students or new people who have just started work. Nursing is also one of the professions in which the fresh graduates or students are bullied to the extent that they feel that they would not be able to face their seniors. They start developing inferiority complex and are unable to perform their job well. When they are taunted by their seniors and preceptors about their lack of knowledge and experience, their confidence is shattered. This implies that when they are handling a case, they are not confident if they are doing the right thing or not. In this tussle, they sometimes do not even perform the task they were really good at and put the health and safety of the patient at stake.

Workplace bullying is a widespread issue in which people need to be educated on in order to put an end to it. Its causes are complex and multi-faceted and yet preventable. Workplace bullying puts unnecessary strain on the employees It is the employer and organizations responsibility to provide a bully free environment for their employees. Employees should have the right to feel safe in their work environment and be free from workplace bullying. Employers need to be held accountable and have a plan in place to protect the employees from this type of violence. Unfortunately that is not always the case, in some instances the employer is the one doing the bullying. Workplace bullying carries many definitions in which will be

Today’s economy is changing, not only in this country, but around the world as well. People today are struggling to find steady employment, maintaining their employment and still having a difficult time to make ends-meet. Looking for a job, especially while unemployed and running low on money, has to be one of the most stressful times of a person’s life. However, there is another issue in regarding to today’s workforce. We can assume that most of us have experienced some type of bullying while in our younger years. Unfortunately, bullying exists in one’s adulthood as well, especially within the work environment. Additionally, workplace bullying is one of the biggest complaints from both employers and

Bullying in the workplace is the topic that Heeman has addressed and evaluated with the aid of research from additional authors. Communication plays a major role in bullying when brought into the workplace and it can continue for extensive lengths of time if not managed and handled properly. The roles of bullying are included in Heeman’s report which are the bully, the target, and the bystander. The costs on the workplace can be threatening to the staffing, productivity and the overall work environment. Percentages and research are presented proving the amount of bullying that actually takes place in the workplace. Ways to combat the bullying are introduced into the report to include understanding and taking action to stop and prevent the bullying from continuing. Heeman concludes his report by mentioning that researchers need to focus their attention on finding solutions and ways to intercept bullying to lower the statistics and ratios.

Workplace bullying is a very serious act that has a negative impact on individuals and the organization as a whole. Baack (2012), describes workplace bullying as an interpersonal conflict that is a repeated mistreatment of one or more persons (ch.7, p.19). Unfortunately, despite workplace bullying being so harmful, it is often a common occurrence. In the article, Workplace Bullying: Costly and Preventable, Wiedmer (2010), cites a survey conducted in 2007 by the Workplace Bullying Institute-Zogby; in which, thirty-seven percent of the U.S. workforce surveyed reported that they have been bullied at work (p. 36). The article also states that it is a pervasive practice by malicious individuals who seek power, control, domination, and subjugation, and the article goes on to convey information about bullying behaviors, employer practices, profiles the targeted individuals, and steps to take to prevent bullying (Wiedmer, 2010, p. 35). Bullying tactics are not only harmful, physically and mentally, to the targeted individual but is damaging to the organization and entire workforce.

Is the death the last thing in life? Death can be defined as the permanent end of life, but the outcome wasn’t same for “Story of an Hour.” Throughout the story, it seems like the death stand and symbolizes freedom for one of the main characters whose name was Mrs. Mallard. Furthermore, to understand the reason why Mrs. Mallard excitement of freedom quickly overcomes the mourn of her husbands died; I will briefly consider three key points which will review the life of women in the 19th century, Mrs. Mallard enthusiasm of independence, and changes in the plot after discovering the fact.

Nurses eat their own is an established adage which is an oxymoron attached to the profession of nursing. The representation of a nurse is one of compassion and caring for the patients, but this is not extended to one another within the workplace. The significance of this study by the nurse authors A. Barrett, C. Piatek, S. Lorberto, and C. Padula was to bring civility, nurse satisfaction and cohesiveness to the workplace by developing team building interventions, and expurgating lateral violence between the staff. However, numerous studies been performed to improve the nurse to nurse relationship and consequently improving evidence base outcomes.

Bullying is becoming an increasingly important problem at school, on the internet, and the work settings for adults.

The two practical ways the organisations could adopt in ensuring bullying at the workplace are build good relationships work environment and anti-bullying policies. By building a good relationship at workplace it will lead to organisational success and well being of staffs, and creating an environment that builds good relationships also prevents bullying at workplace. It is much easier than dealing with bullying once it occurs. When staff have a clear picture of what an organisation wants to achieve, they are more likely to engage with the common goal. Likewise, a clear guidelines for expected behaviour, work culture and values means unreasonable behaviour is less likely to

“CRISTIAN” my mom called so I answered “Yes ma’am”. I was staring into her deep brown eyes, something about them was wrong, and the atmosphere just wasn’t right. My mother told me quietly to “Sit down please” and I didn’t know what was going on so I did. She told me news that for most would just be regular old news and things that happen, my grandfather (from my dad’s side) had been murdered in Mexico on July of 2010. HATRED flowed through my 13 year old veins and has never stopped since.

Although much research has not been done on cyberbullying, it is still an ongoing issue observed every day in the workplace. In fact, it’s almost hard to gather statistics, because much like traditional bullying, victims are often afraid to report their bullies. A study was conducted in the form of an online questionnaire to 3,371respondents. It showed that men, roughly 54.2%, were bullied more than the 45.8% of woman surveyed. (Forssell, R., 2016, p.5). The study also showed that 70.8% of the men and woman surveyed held a supervisory position in their workplace. (Forssell, R., 2016, p.5). This is important to note, because most people have the assumption that employees of lower grade levels are victims of cyberbullying, and not supervisors. In addition to popular social media platforms, this study found that the use of emails was the most reported form of cyberbullying. The act included being withheld necessary access to work-related information and not receiving responses to emails. (Forssell, R., 2016, p.5). Typically emails reveal the sender’s identity, but this study shows how the anonymity in cyberbullying is a dominant characteristic.

The workplace bullying institute (2014) defined workplace bullying as the repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators. Workplace bullying behaviors include verbal abuse, victimization, humiliation, being threatened, physical abuse, work sabotage and professional disregard. Workplace bullying is a prevalent disruptive behavior that creates an unconducive working environment that negatively impacts on the productivity of workers and prevents work from being done. Fox S & Cowan R (2015), the issue of workplace bullying continues to garner much attention in the scholarly, practitioner and public media, yet there is little consensus among professionals and academics of best practices for assessing the prevalence and consequences of workplace bullying. According to a research conducted in 2014 by the Workplace Bullying Institute, 27% of adult Americans have experienced abuse, 48% have been affected either directly or indirectly by it, 72% of Americans are aware that workplace bullying happens and 93% support the enactment of a healthy workplace environment law. Bullying is reported across all levels in the health care sector and the cases keep increasing over time and management should intervene to prevent and control the problem. Dumont et al (2012) report in their study of 950 RN respondents that 82% reported