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Workplace bullying can wreak havoc on the job

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Sapping productivity, devastating morale and increasing absenteeism

BY DAVID P. WILLIS
Asbury Park (NJ) Press
May 26, 2009

You should know it when you see it. Verbal harassment at work, practical jokes, threats, intimidation, and even sabotage, are all the hallmarks of a workplace bully.
As opposed to tough management, “bullying is a level of misery that falls disproportionally on the few,” said Gary Namie, director of the Workplace Bullying Institute in Bellingham, Wash.

A 2007 survey by the Institute and Zogby International found that 37 percent of American workers have been bullied at work. Nearly three-quarters, 72 percent, of the bullies are bosses, the survey said.

And as companies struggle, experts say workplace bullying has grown as people fear job loss.

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