Archive for the ‘WBI Surveys & Studies’ Category
Oops: 56 percent of US employers do NOT have workplace bullying policies
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
When fuzzy facts (first generation distortion) are allowed to pass for actual data and circulated widely by media (2nd gen distortion) they used by critics to undermine the anti-bullying campaign. Let’s clear the air about current American employer engagement in stopping workplace bullying.
SHRM (the HR trade association) conducted a 2011 study about workplace bullying and reported results in Feb. 2012. The non-scientific survey of members had a low response rate of 15% (the final 401 respondents meant SHRM randomly polled 2,673 members). The results shed light on HR’s view about the prevalence of workplace bullying policies in the U.S. When asked if respondents’ organizations had specific anti-bullying policies in place, 44% of HR respondents defiantly stated their organization has “no policy and has no plans to put a workplace bullying policy in place.” The answer, “No, but we plan to put a formal policy in place in the next 12 months,” was chosen by 13%. Another 40% said, “Yes, our workplace bullying policy is part of another workplace policy.” Only 3% of SHRM members said “Yes. We have a separate workplace bullying policy” in our organization.
Actual slide from 2012 SHRM survey results from which 56% statistic was plucked
You can download the slide show from here.
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WBI Study: Barriers to workplace bullied targets leaving their jobs
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
BARRIERS TO WORKPLACE BULLIED TARGETS
LEAVING THEIR JOBS
WBI 2013-C Instant Poll
One of the criticisms leveled against individuals targeted for workplace bullying is that they should “just” quit. That simplistic advice is cruel and short-sighted. Quitting is not a simple decision. Consider for a moment the single parent target. What will replace the lost income?
We at WBI who have talked to thousands of targets over the years by phone and in-person know there are other barriers to leaving a toxic work environment, regardless of how damaging that job and employer are to the target’s health. It is never easy to leave, to escape to safety.
This survey asks target-respondents to evaluate which two barriers listed convinced them to not leave.
Tags: bullied targets, economic factors and bullying, Gary Namie, injustice, personal pride, waiting for time to pass, WBI research, WBI studies, Workplace Bullying Institute, workplace bullying research
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New WBI Instant Poll — Effect of workplace bullying on family
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
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WBI Survey topics sought from site visitors
Monday, March 4th, 2013
WBI has conducted 35 studies to date, with 33 reports available here.
We want to know what you would like to have us ask. The people who complete WBI surveys are 98% bullied targets. So, our research is solely from their perspective.
What survey topic would you like to see posted and reported? Comment on the website, please (not FB).
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New WBI Instant Poll question – when did bullied target confront the workplace bully?
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
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WBI Workplace Bullying Research — List of 33 studies by topic
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Workplace Bullying Research
WBI’s research complements the books, websites designed to help afflicted targets and their families, individualized support we give targets and Workplace Bullying University® for which research — ours and hundreds of others — is the foundation.
Below is the WBI set of 33 studies, arranged by topic, exploring most aspects of the workplace bullying phenomenon primarily from the perspectives of targeted individuals, conducted since the year 2000.
Use links to access all study synopses & downloadable reports.
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WBI Survey: Workplace Bullying from the Perspective of U.S. Business Leaders, part 2
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
PERSPECTIVE OF U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS
Part 2 of 2
Zogby Analytics was commissioned by the Workplace Bullying Institute to conduct an online survey of 315 U.S. business leaders in three market areas: San Francisco, New York City and Washington D.C. The survey was completed January 21, 2013.
The sample consisted of three groups of decision makers: Owner or partner (Owners); CXO/Administrator/Director (CXOs); President/VP/Manager (VPs). There were 58 owners, 95 CXOs, and 158 presidents. One hundred ten respondents led companies with more than 500 employees, 47 led companies with between 201-500 employees, and 48 led companies with between 50-200 employees, and 106 led companies with less than 50 employees.
Two WBI-relevant questions were asked as part of the larger Business Leaders Survey.
Read Part 1 for the results of Question 1 and comparison to the opinions of bullied targets.
Question 2
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WBI Survey: Workplace Bullying from the Perspective of U.S. Business Leaders, Part 1
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
PERSPECTIVE OF U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS
Part 1 of 2
Most of the research conducted by the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) queries individuals who have declared themselves to be targets of workplace bullying. That is, we are able to see the word through the lens of targets. These surveys are based on self-selected samples, and are necessarily non-scientific.
In a WBI 2010 survey of 333 target-respondents, they stated that only 4% of employers had raised awareness of bullying, whereas 81% had done nothing to stop bullying. Of the employers who did nothing, 46% were described as “resistant” to the topic.
WBI asked 311 targets in 2012 to describe policies their employers had created to address workplace bullying. Only 5.5% of employers were given credit for having a policy and enforcement procedure that effectively covered bullying (3% of those policies were titled “Respect” Policies). (WBI-2012-IP-B)
In a separate 2012 survey, 250 targets reported that 30% of their employers said that bullying “doesn’t happen” (at their workplace). Additionally, respondents said that 88% of American employers failed to take action at all. Employers denied their responsibility to fix the problem. (WBI-2012-IP-E)
The portrait of employer activity as told by targets was unflattering. We were able, thanks to the resources of Zogby Analytics, to poll business leaders directly. The results enable a comparison of target and executive perspectives.
Tags: 2013-IP-B, business leaders, executives, Gary Namie, owners, WBI research, WBI studies, WBI surveys, workplace bullying, Zogby Analytics
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New WBI Instant Poll seeking targets of workplace bullying
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
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Research: Impact of abusive supervision — direct and vicarious
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
A new academic study is added to the burgeoning research literature related to workplace bullying. It explores the impact of both direct and indirect (vicarious) exposure to bullying bosses.
Kenneth J. Harris , Paul Harvey , Ranida B. Harris & Melissa Cast (2013): An Investigation of Abusive Supervision, Vicarious Abusive Supervision, and Their Joint Impacts, The Journal of Social Psychology, 153:1, 38-50.
The most impressive aspect of the study was a credible and clever technique to recruit survey respondents. Rather than rely on the opinions of young college students with very limited real world work experience, the researchers asked employed students taking a management course to ask fellow employees to complete the survey as long as respondents worked in organizations with more than 10 workers and who worked full-time. The resulting sample included 233 individuals with an average age of 42.61 years, a group capable of evaluating real workplace incidents.
Tags: abusive supervision, Gary Namie, impact on bullied targets, job frustration, Kenneth Harris, Paul Harvey, perceived organizational support, vicarious abusive supervision, workplace bullying
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