The Bully-Free Workplace

At long last a guidebook for employers that discusses workplace bullying from America's unrivaled leaders and creators of the workplace bullying consulting institute. Managers will learn how and why to stop bullying; prepare executives to lead the campaign and to resist undermining efforts of subordinates; and create a new, positive role for human resources. Outlining the required steps, The Bullying-Free Workplace includes information on how to create a preventive policy that brings consequences, like never before, when violated. The authors discourage half-hearted, short-term fixes that are prevalent today, and present their signature Blueprint methodology to successfully protect employee health and eradicate the psychological violence from organizations.

Foreword (Robert I. Sutton, PhD). Acknowledgments. Preface. 1 Bullies and Bullying. 2 Workplace Bullying Defined. 3 Impact on Targeted Employees. 4 How Bullying Kills Good Organizations Like Yours. 5 An Illustrative Case. 6 Why Bullies Bully. 7 Social Influence: How Others Define Our World for Us. 8 A Model of Preventable Causes of Bullying. 9 Mobilize Your Organization: Leaders' Preparations. 10 Mobilize Your Organization: Managers' and Supervisors' Preparation. 11 Preliminary Steps to Address Workplace Bullying. 12 A New Role for Human Resources. 13 The Namie Blueprint to Prevent and Correct Workplace Bullying. 14 Sustain the Bully-Free Culture. Appendix A: Macro-Bullying Trends That Make Workers Dispensable. Appendix B: The Namie & Namie Bibliography. Appendix C: Bullying Is Domestic Violence when the Abuser Is on Payroll. Notes. About the Authors. Index.