Workplace Bullying refers to repeated, unreasonable actions of individuals (or a group) directed towards an employee (or a group of employees), which is intended to intimidate and creates a risk to the health and safety of the employee(s).
Most Common Forms of Bullying
Undermining Activities (turning away, not available)
Withholding Information (withholding important patient infomation)
Sabotage (deliberately setting up a negative situation)
Infighting (bickering with peers)
Scapegoating (attributing all that goes wrong to one individual or group)
Backbiting (complaining about others wihout speaking directly to that person)
Verbal Affront (covert or overt snide remarks, abrupt responses)
Nonverbal Innuendos (making faces, rolling eyes)
Broken Confidences (revealing personal information about others that is not intended for the general population)
