WBI Books and Research Topics

Books

The Bully-free Workplace: Stop Jerks, Weasels, and Snakes From Killing Your Organization (2011) By Gary Namie, PhD & Ruth Namie, PhD. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Available here .

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 edition: Available here.

Workplace Bullying Research by WBI
The Topics Investigated

A set of 42 studies exploring most aspects of the workplace bullying phenomenon by the American pioneers, primarily from the perspectives of targeted individuals, conducted since the year 2000.

Use links below to access all study synopses & downloadable reports.

U.S. National Prevalence (Scientific surveys)
2007 / 2010 / 2014

U.S. Business Leaders' Opinions (Scientific poll)
2013-BL

Why bullying happens
2012-A

Discovering the phenomenon
2013-Discovery

Perpetrator & target gender
2000 / 2003 / 2007 / 2010 / 2012-SE

Race of bullied targets
2010

Age of bullied targets
2013-G

Politics & bullying
2010

Perpetrator rank
2003 / 2007 / 2009-A / 2012-H

Lone perpetrator or multiples
2007 / 2012-H

Target selection factors
2000 / 2003 / 2007 / 2012-I

Targets' prior abuse
2011-F / 2013-H

Bullying tactics
2003 / 2007 / 2011-I

Where bullying occurs
2007 / 2013-Industry

Bullying rate compared to discrimination
2000 / 2007

Targets' responses to bullying
2007 / 2012-SE / 2013-D / 2013-I

Exposure time to bullying
2000 / 2007

Barriers to leaving
2013-C

Health harm from bullying
2000 / 2003 / 2012-D / 2013-E / 2013-I

Mental Health Professionals
2013-E

Mediation
2011-D

Vacation/leave time for targets
2011-H / 2013-A

Economic impact for targets
2000 / 2009-B / 2011-A / 2012-SE

Support for bullied targets
2000 / 2011-L

Coworkers' actions
2008

Reasons for coworkers' actions
2009-A

What stopped the bullying -- "victory" "justice"
2000 / 2007 / 2011-J / 2012-F

Target support for unions
2011-A / 2011-C

Support for perpetrators
2007 / 2013-F

Consequences for perpetrators
2009B

Employers' attitudes & actions
2008 / 2010 / 2012-E / 2012-G / 2013-B / 2013-BL

Employer policies
2012-SE / 2012-B

HR & bullying
2012-SE / 2012-C

Effect of recession
2009-A / 2010

Internet/Social media use & bullying
2011-E / 2011-G

Support for a law - Occupy
2010 / 2011-K