The Top 10 Attributes Of The Kind Of Person Likely To Be The Victim Of Mobbing Or Bullying At Work
By: Susan Dunn
WHO ARE THE VICTIMS? Karl Aquino, Ph.D., associate professor of management at U. of Delaware thinks mobbing, bullying and harassment are on the rise because of the increasing number of young managers. "With age, people are better able to handle stress or mistreatment without passing it down," he says.
1. Victims are more often female.
2. People who don't fight back.
3. People who are focused on their work.
4. People who are not "political animals" and labor under the conviction they can stay above the fray.
5. They are usually not confrontational.
6. They are competent people who somehow become a threat.
7. They are independent people.
8. They are people who are well-liked, more than average.
9. People in the professional service sector.
10. People who work in civil service.
