WBI Instant Polls Archive

 

If your employer required you to engage in mediation and/or arbitration to address your workplace bullying situation, what was the outcome?

  • Harasser faced zero consequences (64%)
  • Target was terminated (23%)
  • Target voluntarily left organization (18%)
  • Target was transferred to a different postition within same organization (9%)
  • Harasser kept position and was punished (4%)
  • Harasser was terminated (3%)
  • Harasser was transferred (1%)

Start Date: March 14, 2011 @ 10:36 am
End Date: No Expiry

What is the personal shame or stigma, if any, attached to being bullied at work?

  • Shame that somehow I might have deserved the criticisms (40%)
  • Stigma from not being able to counter or confront (32%)
  • Embarassment from allowing it to happen to me (25%)
  • No shame; I did not invite or deserve the assaults (15%)
  • None of the above (1%)

Start Date: October 22, 2010 @ 8:36 am
End Date: No Expiry

2010 has seen a number of very high-profile suicides related to bullying. What do you think:

  • Bullying in America has gotten worse. The suicides reflect the very real trend. (87%)
  • Media have discovered bullying and are manufacturing a problem that is not that big of a deal. (13%)

Start Date: October 5, 2010 @ 10:18 am
End Date: No Expiry

Since becoming the target of workplace bullying, my relationship with my partner (primary source of emotional support) has been:

  • Strained; we experience more conflict or stress as a result (62%)
  • Strengthened; we are closer and more connected (17%)
  • Dissolved; we are estranged/separated/divorced (14%)
  • Unsure how the experience has affected my relationship (4%)
  • Unaffected; the bullying has not had an impact (3%)

Start Date: September 9, 2010 @ 9:31 am
End Date: No Expiry

When a worker commits suicide after years of frustration with a bullying situation, where does the responsibility lie?

  • Shared accountability: employer & perp (49%)
  • The employer that failed to stop the bullying as requested (23%)
  • Shared accountability: employer, perp & victim (21%)
  • The perpetrator who was accused of bullying (4%)
  • The suicide victim (3%)

Start Date: August 22, 2010 @ 12:29 pm
End Date: No Expiry

When the bullying was reported to human resources (HR, personnel) what were the results?

  • HR did nothing; bullying increased (38%)
  • HR took action, failed to stop the bullying; positive outcomes for the bully; negative outcomes (e.g., retaliation) for the target (37%)
  • HR did nothing; bullying continued unchanged (30%)
  • HR did something else (5%)
  • HR took action (e.g., investigated or mediated); stopped the bullying; negative outcomes for the bully; positive outcomes for the target (4%)

Start Date: August 5, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
End Date: No Expiry

If you have had any experience with Workers Compensation (related to your workplace bullying), did the system address your needs?

  • No. I lost WC claim, job and income. (42%)
  • WC wasn't an option for me (or I have no experience with it). (32%)
  • No. I was awarded WC, but amount was too small. (19%)
  • Yes. I won WC and it replaced my income. (7%)

Start Date: July 28, 2010 @ 10:20 am
End Date: No Expiry

Should there be a law to protect employees in the United States from workplace bullying?

  • Yes (97%)
  • No (3%)

Start Date: July 23, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
End Date: No Expiry

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