News tagged with workplace bullying

Workplace bullying is associated with sleep disturbances

A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that current or past exposure to workplace bullying is associated with increased sleep disturbances. Associations also were found between observed bullying and sleep ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Threat to employers and workforce productivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey by King's College London and law firm Speechly Bircham reveals that employers are facing a sustained increase in workplace unrest as austerity measures, longer working hours, stress and a genuine ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Internet safety not a lost cause for parents

Evenings at the Svanascini home in Palos Heights, Ill., Kathy, Mike and their two teenage sons are as likely to be huddled around their laptops as they are the television set.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Out with LGBTQ bullying

Imagine, for a moment, how it feels to be verbally or physically assaulted on a regular basis. In families, it's considered domestic abuse. In workplaces, it's labeled harassment. Both are punishable by law.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 29

The stress of work becomes social issue

The sharp rise in work stress in Britain is becoming a major social problem in the current economic crisis, a new British Academy report has found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Spanish public-sector workers complain most about their work environment

Spanish employees from public institutions and companies report higher levels of psychological violence in their place of work than their Finnish counterparts. These are the results of a study headed by the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Don't ignore your emotions at work, professor says

(PhysOrg.com) -- “There’s no crying in baseball!” So said Jimmy Dugan, the manager portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie “A League of Their Own.” Not so fast, says Vince Waldron, an Arizona State University professor of communication ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bosses who feel inadequate can turn into bullies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bosses who are in over their heads are more likely to bully subordinates. That's because feelings of inadequacy trigger them to lash out at those around them, according to new research from UC Berkeley and ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Bullies have harassed 14 percent of workers over past 6 months

avid Gonzalez and Jose Luis Grana have carried out a comprehensive study into the phenomenon of workplace abuse or bullying in Spain. The study includes data on 2,861 workers from various sectors, and confirms some commonly-held ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Violence is a problem in the workplace, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey on the incidence of violence in the workplace has indicated that one in three employers have had problems with their staff being attacked or assaulted in the past year.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why your boss is white, middle-class and a show-off

The way male managers power dress, posture and exercise power is due to humans' evolutionary biology, according to research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (40) | comments 5


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