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Bullying in Schools and Workplaces

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BULLYING IN SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES 2

Bullying in Schools and Workplaces

Introduction

Bullying is a form of repeated aggressive behavior characterized by physical, verbal,

psychological, and social harassment of a less powerful person by a more powerful person or

group. Normally, the intention of the aggressor is to intimidate, distress, or cause harm to the

victim (Ucanok, Smith & Karasoy, 2010).

Bullying is characterized by a lot of behaviors. Some of these behaviors include; use of

abusive language, yelling at a person, using intimidating language, marginalizing or isolating

others, constantly criticizing someone, belittling someone’s opinion, giving someone impossible

tasks, sabotaging someone’s work by placing barriers or withholding vital resources, inflicting

physical pain onto someone, among others.

Whereas bullying can take many dimensions, it is worth noting that there are many

instances that some people might misconstrue to be a form bullying. Some of the examples of

instances that might get confused for workplace bullying include; allocating work to an

employee, deciding not to promote a specific employee, demanding an explanation for

unsatisfactory work from an employee, castigating inappropriate behavior, setting performance

goals, implementing structural changes, amongst others. All these activities when done in good

spirit, and within the confines of the organization's regulations and ethical codes of conduct,

cannot be described to be bullying (O'Brennan, Bradshaw & Sawyer, 2009).

There also occurs some behaviors that might be considered unpleasant or distressing but

cannot be termed as bullying. These situations include;

• Single-episode acts – these are acts of nastiness that are not directed towards a single

person repeatedly. They can also be acts of aggression that are directed towards many

different people

• Mutual conflict – this is the type of conflict where there is not an imbalance of power.

However, mutual conflict can degenerate into bullying if one of the parties continues to

attack the other party repeatedly as a form of retaliation.

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Running head: BULLYING IN SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES Bullying in Schools and Workplaces Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Date 1 BULLYING IN SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES 2 Bullying in Schools and Workplaces Introduction Bullying is a form of repeated aggressive behavior characterized by physical, verbal, psychological, and social harassment of a less powerful person by a more powerful person or group. Normally, the intention of the aggressor is to intimidate, distress, or cause harm to the victim (Ucanok, Smith & Karasoy, 2010). Bullying is characterized by a lot of behaviors. Some of these behaviors include; use of abusive language, yelling at a person, using intimidating language, marginalizing or isolating others, constantly criticizing someone, belittling someone’s opinion, giving someone impossible tasks, sabotaging someone’s work by placing barriers or withholding vital resources, inflicting physical pain onto someone, among others. Whereas bullying can take many dimensions, it is worth noting that there are many instances that some people might misconstrue to be a form bullying. Some of the examples of instances that might get confused for workplace bullying include; allocating work to an employee, deciding not to promote a specific employee, demanding an explanation for unsatisfactory work from an employee, castigating inappropriate behavior, setting performance goals, implementing structural changes, amongst others. All these activities when done in good spirit, a ...
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