Workplace bullies ob

Presented by
Anju Suresh Nair
Divya.S
Jayadevan
Manoj
Pritika.R
Sreekumar
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Introduction
 “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be
made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but
define yourself.” ~ Harvey S. Firestone
 Workplace bullying is the tendency of individuals
or groups to use persistent aggressive or
unreasonable behaviour against a co-worker or
subordinate.
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 37% employees
reported being victims
of bullying boss.
 40% of the bullies are
women.
 70% of the women are
their targets most of the
time.
 There are many more
other forms of
workplace bullying.
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Question 1
Workplace bullying demonstrates a
lack of which one of the three
types of organizational justice?
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Equity Theory/Organizational Justice
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A theory that says that individuals compare their job
inputs and outcomes with those of others and then
respond to eliminate any inequities.
 Employees perceive what they get from a job
situation in relation to what they put into it.
 They perceive outcomes in relation to inputs and
then they compare this with that of relevant others.
 Later they compare their Outcome-Input ratio with
the ratios of relevant others.

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Three types of
organizational justice
 Distributive justice – perceived fairness of outcome.
 Fairness in outcome & the way they received.
 Procedural justice – perceived fairness of process
used to determine outcome.
 Some control over outcome & adequate explanation
given.
 Interactional justice – perceived degree to which one
is treated with dignity and respect.
 Fairness in treating in a good manner.

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Interactional Justice
Workplace bullying
demonstrates a lack of
Interactional Justice.
In this case Madhu was
not treated with dignity
and respect.
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Question 2
What aspects of motivation might
workplace bullying reduce? For
example, are there likely to be effects
on an employee’s self-efficacy? If so,
what might those effects be?
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Motivation and its aspects
Motivation- Processes that account for an
individual’s intensity, direction, and
persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs theory
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Hierarchy of Needs Theory
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1. Lower order needs-
Physiological, Safety.
2. Higher order needs-
Social, Self-Esteem, Self-
Actualization.
Self
Actualization
Esteem
Belonging
Safety
Physiological

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Effect on Motivational
aspects
 Moderate impact on Safety, Physiological needs.
 High impact on Social, Self –Esteem and and Self
Actualization.
 Madhu was ostracized by her co-workers and was
humiliated by her boss.
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 Self Efficacy theory-
Individual’s belief
that he/she is capable
of performing a task.
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Effects on Self Efficacy
Low self efficacy High self
efficacy
1. Perform
required job
duties with fear
1. Engage in
extra role
behaviors
2. Increased
absenteeism, poor
morale.
2. They try
harder to
overcome
difficulties.
3. Reduced
efficiency,
reduced
concentration.
3. Employees do
not quit.
4. Employees quit
the job ,as in the
case of Madhu.

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Question 3
If you were a victim of workplace
bullying, what steps would you
take to reduce its occurrence?
What strategies would be most
effective? Least effective? What
would you do if one of your
colleagues was a victim?
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 Open Communication with Top
Management.
 Avoid getting into Internal Politics.
 Conscious about workplace climate.
 Treat employees with equal respect
 Ignore the bully.
Steps to Reduce
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 Employee engagement.
 Strengthening Internal process
and high end needs.
 Communication should be open
among employees as well as top
management.
 Discourage comparison and
unhealthy gossips.
 Pleasant working environment.
 Inculcate Emotional Intelligence
and Self driven qualities among
employees.
 Avoid Surpassing.
Effective Strategies
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 Leaving the job.
 Not addressing the problem to the
top management.
 By not reacting to your peers
problem.
 Lack of transparency.
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Strategies Least Effective

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 Would first see the authority
level.
 Understand the problem.
 Motivate the victim.
 Mentor him to come out of
the situation.
 Stand on his behalf.
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Help Your Colleagues

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Question 4
What factors do you believe contribute
to workplace bullying? Are bullies a
product of the situations, or do they
have flawed personalities? What
situations and what personality factors
might contribute to the presence of
bullies?
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Factors Contributing To
Workplace Bullying
 Using power over someone who is
weaker.
 To boost bully’s self satisfaction.
 A person who seems to be different, is
made a target.
 People may get bullied because they
are seen as a threat.
 Attitude in the workplace is such that,
bullying seems to be normal
behaviour.
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Bullies – Situation or Flawed
Personalities ?
 The environment they were brought up, in-feelings
of insecurity, influence of parents.
 Superficial charm with insincerity- ego maniacal , is
manipulative.
 Has characteristics of serial bully.
 Negative and stressful work environment.
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Factors contributing to presence
of bullies
 Belief that inducing stress or threats of being fired will
produce more work from employees.
 Imposing overload of work.
 Co-worker dating.
 Narcissistic personalities.
 Lack of empathy.
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 Bullying is not limited to schools and colleges.
 Individuals who put in that extra effort are the main
targets.
 People are more willing to take the abuse out of fear of
not finding another job.
 There have been incidents where workers even resorted
to suicide to end their misery.
 It is upto the organisation to check these bullies. Example-
Internal anti bully ads.
 Try not to QUIT ! If we walk away quietly our minds will
believe all those lies !
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Conclusion


 www.rupeshreddy.com
 www.wikianswers.com
 www.bullyonline.org
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References

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