September 5th, 2010
Gender & Workplace Bullying: 2010 WBI Survey
New research findings from the 2010 Workplace Bullying Institute national scientific survey regarding gender and workplace bullying.
Gender of targets: 58% are women; 42% are men
Gender of perpetrators: 62% men; 38% women
Men bullies target men in 55.5% of cases; women in 45.5%
What tends to make news (based on the 2007 WBI findings) is that women bullies target women in 79.8% of cases; men in 20.2%. In 2007, the woman-on-woman bullying prevalence was 71%. Now it is 80%. Looks like the American workplace is grower ever more toxic for women, at the hands of women.
The frequencies of all gender dyads of all bullying: 34% male perp/male target; 30% female perp/female target; 28% male perp/female target; and 8% female perp/male target.
For our set of alternative explanations for this phenomenon, read this. and a UK story and the Today Show.
All of the above results are from Survey 1 (details below). The results below are from Survey 2 (details below).
Female and male survey respondents reacted differently to the prevalence question.
| Bullied Now | Been Bullied | Combined | Witnessed Only | No Bullying Experience | |
| Female Respondents | 7.7% | 28% | 35.7% | 17.9% | 46% |
| Male Respondents | 9.7% | 23.4% | 33.1% | 12.9% | 53.8% |
| 2010 National Prevalence Statistics | 8.8% | 25.7% | 34.5% | 15.5% | 49.6% |
WBI Research Director, Gary Namie, PhD
© 2010, Workplace Bullying Institute
Survey 1: Zogby International was commissioned by the Workplace Bullying Institute to conduct an online survey of 4,210 adults from 8/4/10 to 8/11/10. A sampling of Zogby International’s online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender, education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 1.5 percentage points.
Survey 2. Zogby International was commissioned by the Workplace Bullying Institute to conduct an online survey of 2,092 adults from 8/18/10 to 8/23/10. The margin of error is +/- 2.2 percentage points.
Tags: 2010 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey, gender, WBI-Zogby, woman-on-woman
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The women who bully other women are the Phyllis Schafleys of the workplace. They’ve got theirs and they don’t want other women to succeed. They nick pick and chip away at their target’s self-esteem; they use their affair with the boss as a means to abuse and eliminate perceived competition. This is not what the women’s movement had in mind when advocating for equality in the workplace.
The bullies I have met have many reasons for bullying one I know is very insecure and constantly wants to be in charge even though she is not qualified to be an administrator her friend bullied last year because she thought this friend was in danger of losing her job. Another was a sociopath who was just a sociopath. An administrator I know bullies sometimes but not consistently and can be a very good boss. She also encourages bullying in others subtly. Most of it can be avoided when administrators know how to do their job and how to respect their workers and control those who tend to become bullies. Respect for all staff and what they have to offer goes a long way toward a bully free envirornment. But they must also recognize this behavior when it shows itself. These are all women. The men in my workplace mostly want to do their job well and go home as do many of the women.