This guest article by Keryl Egan first appeared in Training Australia Magazine,.
Bullying behaviours include not only observable and explicit humiliating abuse but also hidden, insidious attacks upon a person and their capacity to do their job, their enjoyment of productive working relationships and the advancement of their career. These bullying behaviours include...- Blocking access to training and promotion
- Withholding information essential to do the job properly
- Spreading malicious rumours, lies, professional slurs
- Unfair use of disciplinary and assessment procedures
- Persistent undue criticism and scrutiny, inaccurate accusations about quality of work
- Setting workers up to fail by setting impossible deadlines and targets
- Undermining responsibility
- Isolation and coercion
- Creating a climate of fear via emotional abuse or public humiliation