Emotional Abuse In The Workplace: A Silent Misery?-00-6885

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Millions of men and women of different age groups, ethnic, and racial backgrounds hate going to work, gradually fall into despair and often times become severely ill. A lot of flee from jobs they used to love, others endure the circumstance unable to figure a manner out. "Every day was like going into battle. I never knew when the following bomb would be dropped. I was afraid to trust anyone for fear they were the enemy. My physical and mental reserves were depleted. I knew I had to have relief soon.

But there was no letup," said Diana when we asked how she felt every day. What is going on? Why is this happening? How prevalent is this? What may be done? The word "mobbing" denotes a behavior by coworkers, superiors or subordinates, who attack a colleague's dignity, integrity, and competence, repeatedly, over a number of weeks, months, or even years. What is is being subjected to emotional abuse, subtly or bluntly, often times falsely accused of wrongdoing, and is persistently humiliated. Dr. Heinz Leymann, a psychologist and medical scientist, pioneered the research about this workplace issue in Sweden in the early 80s. ...
... He identified the behavior as mobbing and described it as "psychological terror" involving "hostile and unethical communicating directed in a systematic way by one or a number of humans greatly towards one individual. "

Leymann identified numerous 45 typical mobbing behaviors suchlike withholding selective information, isolation, badmouthing, uninterrupted criticism, circulation of unfounded rumors, ridicule, yelling, etc. The affected individual is in physical or mental distress, has evolved an illness, and experiences social misery.

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