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WBI Research & Publications

    Bullying Research at WBI

    2009 WBI Labor Day Survey -- (Still) Bullying With Impunity

    According to 422 respondents to the online survey, only 1.6% of bullies lost their jobs since the recession began. This finding counters the notion that employers use the recession to purge bullies. In fact, 44% of bullied individuals did lose their jobs. Bullies (still) abuse with impunity!

    Download a PDF copy of the results of this 2009 Survey

    2009 WBI Survey of Bullying and the Economic Crisis

    Only 22% of the 454 respondents to the online survey said that bullying began after September 2008 (the date recognized as the public acknowledgement of a global economic crisis affecting the American economy). Over a quarter (27.5%) said the bullying worsened. This survey was conducted June, 2009.

    Download a PDF copy of the results of this 2009 Survey

    2008 WBI Surveys of Employer and Co-Worker Responses to Bullying

    The dismal truth is that in only 1.7% of cases was the bullying complaint resolved following an investigation targets considered fair; providing safety for the target and justified punishment for the bully. Employers are still "do-nothings."

    As for co-worker witnesses, it is a myth that co-workers band together to confront the bully -- that happens in less than 1 in 100 cases! Courage is certainly in short supply.

    Two separate studies with a sample size of 400 each.

    Download a PDF copy of the results of this pair of 2008 Surveys

    2007 WBI-Zogby U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey

    The first scientific (nationally representative) survey of its kind in the U.S. 37% of all adult Americans reported either being bullied now or at sometime in their careers!

    Read more, follow links to download results

    2003 WBI Report on Abusive Workplaces

    Data were gathered in 2003 from anonymous and confidential online surveys posted at the WBI website. A "nonscientific" sample of 1,000 volunteer respondents (a respondent is one who completes the survey) who visited the website seeking solutions to their vexing problems at work attributed to a directly experienced cruelty from one or more persons. The research was necessarily done from the perspective of targeted individuals. Participants had the option of completing all or some of the 22-section survey.

    Download a PDF copy of the results of this 2003 Survey

    2000 WBI U.S. Hostile Workplace Survey

    Research findings from the online survey by the then-named Campaign Against Workplace Bullying . Results released September, 2000. Based on the then-largest polled collection in the world of people who were directly bullied, N=1,335.

    Download a PDF copy of the results of the 2000 Survey

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    Publications by Namie & Namie

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  • Framing the bullying revolution's message. by G. Namie. Keynote address given at the 7th International Conference on Workplace Bullying & Harassment, Cardiff, Wales, UK, June, 2010.
  • Active and passive accomplices: The communal character of workplace bullying. by G. Namie & P. Lutgen-Sandvik. International Journal of Communication, 2010, 4, 343-373.
  • Challenging workplace bullying in the USA: A communication and activist perspective. A book chapter by G. Namie, R. Namie, & P. Lutgen-Sandvik. In Workplace Bullying: Development in Theory, Research and Practice (2nd edition). London: Taylor & Francis. 2010, in press
  • U.S. workplace bullying: Some basic considerations and consultation Interventions. by G. Namie, & R. Namie. Consulting Psychology Journal 2009, 61 (3), 202-219 (Sept.).
  • The economic crisis and bullying/WBI Summer 2009 Survey. by G. Namie
  • (Still) Bullying with impunity/WBI Labor Day 2009 Survey. by G. Namie
  • WBI survey of employer and co-worker responses to workplace bullying by G. Namie
  • Create a blueprint for a bullying-free workplace. by G. Namie. The Complete Lawyer, Vol 4 (1) 2008
  • 2007 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey by G. Namie
  • The challenge of workplace bullying. by G. Namie. Employment Relations Today, 34(2), 43-51. 2007
  • Workplace bullying in healthcare. by G. Namie. Clinician News, Vol. 9 (11), 14-15. 2005
  • Workplace bullying: How to address America's silent epidemic. by G. Namie & R. Namie, Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, 8(2), 315-333. 2004
  • Anti-bullying advocacy: An unrealized employee assistance opportunity. by G. Namie & R. Namie, Journal of Employee Assistance, Vol. 33 (2), 9-11. 2003
  • Workplace bullying: Escalated incivility. by G. Namie, Ivey Business Journal, 68(2), 1-6. 2003
  • 2003 WBI Report on Abusive Workplaces by G. Namie
  • 2000 WBI U.S. hostile workplace survey by G. Namie, PhD
  • The current book: The Bully At Work: What You Can Do to Stop the Hurt and Reclaim Your Dignity On the Job (2000, 2003, 2009) By Gary Namie, PhD & Ruth Namie, PhD Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks. Second book, second edition -- June 2009.
  • Workplace bullying: Causes, consequences, and corrections. a book chapter by P. Lutgen-Sandvik, G. Namie & R. Namie. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2009. (copy not available)
  • Workplace bullying: Silent epidemic. by G. Namie & R. Namie, Employee Rights Quarterly, Autumn, 2000.(copy not available)
  • Namie, G. & Namie, R. (1999) BullyProof Yourself At Work Benicia, CA: DoubleDoc Press. First book (out of print and unavailable)