Within organizations, there is inevitably conflict between supervisors and their subordinates and also between team members and peers. However, sometimes there are individuals who are destructive in their behavior because of their leadership style and personality traits (Wright et al., 2017). Workplace bullying is a real problem in organizations and can cause physical and psychological health issues for employees who are being harassed (Branch & Murray, 2015). This blogpost takes insights from research on workplace bullying and CQ Dossiers to introduce a simple step-by-step guideline on how to deal with bullies.
This CQ Dossier describes workplace bullying, mobbing, and abusive supervision and the impact of these negative factors on individiuals and organizations. We also provide examples of the behaviors associated with it and suggestions how to deal with it.
