Behaviors of a workplace bully can damage self-esteem, self-worth, result in depression and/or murder/suicide, and chronic diseases such as heart attack and cancer, among the target (person bullied)
Workplace bullying or psychological violence in the workplace is a deliberate, repeated mistreatment of a targeted employee by one of more people in the workplace. A workplace bully can be a staff, subordinate, or supervisor. When a person (target) is being bullied in the workplace, this damages the targets physical and psychological health, and threatens their job security. Workplace bullying is just the opposite of the typical childhood bullying scenario, were an unpopular and weak child kids is picked on. In workplace bullying, the victim is usually well educated and very competent in doing their job, which poses a threat upon the bully. As a result, the bully seeks to rid of them. The intimidation and manipulation in workplace bullying are similar to those behaviors observed in Intimate Partner Violence.
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