What is the Gender of the Average Workplace Bully?
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by Paul Pelletier
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In a 2014 workplace bullying survey, the gender of bullies was surveyed. The vast majority of bullies are men (69%). Male perpetrators seem to prefer targeting women (57%) more than other men (43%). Women bullies were less “equitable” when choosing their targets for bullying. Women bullied women in 68% of cases.
Do these results align with your workplace bullying experiences?
Posted on: September 20, 2015 02:35 PM |
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Manas De Amin
Director| Computer Technology Group Kolkata
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Yes, they are soft targets.
In India, there's stringent law to protect women against sexual harassment in workplace. But, as far as my knowledge goes, no laws against bullying at workplace.
http://www.nishithdesai.com/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Research%20Articles/India_s_New_Law_on_Prohibition_of_sexual_harassment_at_the_work_place.pdf
http://www.mgu.ac.in/files/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Vishaka%20Guidelines_doc%20-%20Vishaka-Guidelines.pdf
Being a victim of bullying and harassment, I appreciate these articles naturally. I want these people to be exposed and punished.
Paul Pelletier
Project management key note speaker, author, corporate lawyer, and executive| Paul Pelletier Consulting
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Thank you for your comments. I'm sorry to hear that you've been a target of workplace bullying. My hope is that through increasing awareness our profession will begin to find ways to work towards a zero tolerance for bullying.
Bernard Gore
Portfolio, Programme & Project Professional| NZ Police
Wellington, New Zealand
There is some concern about the robustness of this survey - quite simply men are less likely to admit, even in an anonymous survey, or even to themselves, that they are being bullied by a woman. That alone could account for all the results, and it is quite possible that bullying is completely "equal opportunity" in the perpetrators and victims and that the survey just shows a reporting bias.
Paul Pelletier
Project management key note speaker, author, corporate lawyer, and executive| Paul Pelletier Consulting
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Thanks for the good comment Bernard. I only used the survey as a means to encourage dialogue and while it may have some robustness issues, I think it nonetheless sheds some light on the issue. I don't disagree that it would be ideal to have a better survey.
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