May 19th, 2009
Ferber on Bullying: Getting It Right
The NY Times has twice now featured our WBI-Zogby statisics in two articles (Jan. and May 10, not so ironically Mother’s Day). From that sprang TV and radio reports and lots o’ blogosphere chatter.
The fact is that we ran a large national study looking at lots of aspects of bullying at work. The trouble is that the media love the catfight (woman-on-woman) angle. Or shall I say, the editors, love it. Most reporters get the big picture. Fact: most of the bullying is done by men.
One blogger sorted through the B.S. and got it right — Abby L. Ferber — at the Huffington Post. She sees that most bullying is about abuse of authority and power. Bullying is certainly complex and comes in a variety of forms, but common to all types is the perpetrator’s CONTROL over another human being. The perp’s insatiable need, made possible by either unknowing or corrupt employers, and the harm it causes the targeted person’s health, sense of identity, livelihood, family and career.
So in the noisy, error-prone, cranky and eccentric world of bloggers, Ferber got it right! WBI commends and thanks you.
GN
What do you readers think? Feel free to comment below.
Tags: Ferber, Huffington Post
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It’s never about the work, it’s always about ego.
Lack of self control, coupled with a gigantic ego = bully
As to what the percentage of men vs women bullies is, I can’t say, except I was bullied by a male, I don’t say “man”, because that would imply maturity, and this bully was anything but mature.