Recognizing And Dealing With Bullying In The Workplace

Hello, my friends, back to my article which often discusses psychology and mental treatment. Today I want to talk about bullying. Have you ever been a victim of bullying before? If you have, of course, it feels very annoying and wants to repay them, right? Bullying can be found anywhere, both at school and work. This time I will discuss bullying in the workplace.

Bullying in the workplace means the repeated treatment of one or more perpetrators that can be detrimental to health. This behavior includes threatening, insulting, or intimidating, harassing, or sabotaging, to verbal harassment. The goal of the bully is to control the individual who is the target. Joyce Russell, a senior dean at the School of Management and the University of Maryland, has researched bullying and I've summarized it in this article.

The results of research conducted by Joyce Russell have documented that the consequences of bullying will cause sleeplessness, skin diseases, severe mood swings, anxiety, panic, clinical depression, migraines, to cigarette and drug addiction. Meanwhile, the consequences for employers are a decrease in employee morale and productivity, and an increase in health costs.

We may think that only the “weak” are bullied at work. But it turns out that people who are “strong”, highly intelligent, highly likable, and socially acceptable can also become targets for bullies. Some of them are due to jealousy, for example, the target is closer to the boss, or the target is more knowledgeable or skilled. The target is often not aware that he is being bullied until his health condition deteriorates.

Signs of a Bullied Worker

Some signs that someone is being bullied at work include:

• Expelled from the group

• Not receiving all the information needed to do the job effectively

• The work he has done is recognized by others

• Be gossiped about

• Sabotaged jobs

• Underrated job

• Shouted in public

• Getting an email blaming a problem

• Exaggerating target errors repeatedly (especially in front of other people)

What To Do

There are several things you can do if you feel you are being bullied or see someone you know at work being bullied. Here are some of them:

• Examine the situation to determine if it is a pattern of behavior over time or a single occurrence.

• Try not to react to bullies. While this is difficult to do, it is important because bullies are provoking your reaction. If they don't get the desired reaction, they may stop bothering you.

• Talk directly to the bully. Use a tone that is not overly emotional or aggressive but firm to show their behavior and views are wrong about you.

• Report bullying to your boss with data and facts. If the bully is your boss, go to a higher-level boss.

• Get professional help if you are suffering physically or mentally as a result of bullying.

• Document every incident, including date, time, and witnesses.

• If needed, get a mediator.

• Find out what your company's policies (and consequences) are on bullying

• Plan your options if your company does not take any action against intruders.

That was a brief explanation of how to recognize and deal with bullying that has been researched and documented by Joyce Russell. I hope this article is very useful to read. Don't forget to give Like, Comment and share so that this information can be read by anyone. Thank you and see you in the next article. Regards

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