Posts Tagged ‘bullying’
A little "good" bullying?
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Hateful, despicable people often act as apologists for bullies. For instance, corporate attorney Jeff Tannenbaum from Littler Mendelson long ago told the SF Business Times that some people deserve a “little good bullying.” He probably meant to use fear to motivate. That was a foolish thing to say. I ran across a new essay by Anthony Tiatorio (read the May 25 article) in which he thoughtfully represented the stop-student-bullying initiatives as failed. He quoted our WBI national survey prevalence and understood some of the less well-known findings. His conclusion: “the message is unmistakable, ‘get used to it;’ it’s a way of life in this culture.”
Tags: Anthony Tiatoro, bullying, culture, greek mythology, Procrustes
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Guest blog: Bullying and Nurses
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Destructive Workplace Behaviors and Turnover in Nursing by Cheryl Painter, MBA/HCM/NHCE, BSHA, PhD candidate, published in the Arizona Healthcare Executives, Spring 2009.
Destructive workplace behaviors contribute to the inability to retain nurses in the healthcare environment because of the stress associated with these behaviors. Briles (2003) defined the problem of destructive workplace behavior as “working manners, habits, and styles that can directly and negatively affect the bottom line of a unit, department, and the entire organization” (Red Ink Behavior section 2).
Tags: bullying, Cheryl Painter, destructive workplace behaviors, nursing
Posted in Bullying Tutorials | 26 Comments »
New Documentary Announcement
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Please check out this film! The Drs. Namie and the WBI Legislative Campaign are featured. It’s a documentary that begins with post office homicide and then introduces bullying as a potential toxic feature of the work environment that can set the stage for violence.
“Delivers a potent mix of shocking truth, honest analysis and dark humor”
COMING TO THEATERS IN 2010
Feature documentary Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal offers a provocative examination of the possible role of hostile work environments in mass murder incidents, starting with the earliest USPS mass murder-suicide in 1986.
At a time when tensions are rising again in the Postal Service and in other workplaces across America, Murder By Proxy is a simply a must-see film.
Spread the word, forward the link to this announcement to your friends
Tags: bullying, going postal, massacre, Murder by Proxy, USPS, violence
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