BULLY TACTICS
1. Top 25 Tactics Adopted by All Bullies
RANK
1. falsely accused someone of "errors" not actually made (71%)
2. stared, glared, was nonverbally intimidating and was clearly showing hostility (68%)
3. discounted the person's thoughts or feelings ("oh, that's silly") in meetings (64%)
4. used the "silent treatment" to "ice out" & separate from others (64%)
5. exhibited presumably uncontrollable mood swings in front of the group (61%)
6. made up own rules on the fly that even she/he did not follow (61%)
7. disregarded satisfactory or exemplary quality of completed work despite evidence (58%)
8. harshly and constantly criticized having a different 'standard' for the Target (57%)
9. started, or failed to stop, destructive rumors or gossip about the person (56%)
10. encouraged people to turn against the person being tormented (55%)
11. singled out and isolated one person from co-workers, either socially or physically (54%)
12. publicly displayed "gross," undignified, but not illegal, behavior (53%)
13. yelled, screamed, threw tantrums in front of others to humiliate a person (53%)
14. stole credit for work done by others (47%)
15. abused the evaluation process by lying about the person's performance (46%)
16. "insubordinate" for failing to follow arbitrary commands (46%) 17. used confidential information about a person to humiliate privately or publicly (45%)
18. retaliated against the person after a complaint was filed (45%)
19. made verbal put-downs/insults based on gender, race, accent or language, disability (44%)
20. assigned undesirable work as punishment (44%)
21. made undoable demands-- workload, deadlines, duties -- for person singled out (44%)
22. launched a baseless campaign to oust the person and not stopped by the employer (43%)
23. encouraged the person to quit or transfer rather than to face more mistreatment (43%)
24. sabotaged the person's contribution to a team goal and reward (41%)
25. ensured failure of person's project by not performing required tasks: signoffs, taking calls, working with collaborators (40%)
2. Different Tactics Chosen based on Bullies' Gender
a.) Men perpetrators were more likely(& showed a statistically significant greater likelihood) than women perpetrators to adopt the following tactics:
Public screaming (#13 above), 66% of men vs. 58% of women perpetrators
Illegal verbal tactics (#19), 55% vs. 47%
Sabotaging a person's contribution (#24), 54% vs. 42%
Post-complaint retaliation (#18), 57% vs. 47% (Scroll down to continue reading)
Timing mistreatment to correspond with medical or psych vulnerability, 53% vs. 39%
Withholding resources for success, then blaming the target, 52% vs. 40%
Name calling, 48% vs. 35%
Threatening job loss, punishment, 45% vs. 32%
Interfering with paycheck or earned benefits, 37% vs. 28%
Blocking access to equipment & resources for success, 34% vs. 26% Discriminating so as to be illegal & potentially actionable, 22% vs. 10%
Assigning person to unsafe work environment, 19% vs. 12% Threatening to do physical harm, 22% vs. 9%
Engaging in physical sexual aggression, 14% vs. 8%
Boasting about owning & proficiency with a weapon, 10% vs. 4%
b.) Women perpetrators were more likely (with similar statistical significance) than men perpetrators to adopt the following tactics:
Silent treatment, icing out individuals (#4), 76% vs. 68% by men
Encouraged colleagues to turn against the target (#10), 67% vs. 59%
What it could mean:
Clearly, men bullies chose tactics that ranged from the blatantly illegal through different forms of aggression to threats of physical force. Men are meaner.
3. Different Tactics Chosen based on Targets' Gender
a.) Women targets were more likely(& showed a statistically significant greater likelihood) than men targets to be recipients of the following tactics: Having contributions to meetings discounted, 74% of women vs. 61% of men
Being mistreated when medically or psychologically vulnerable, 45% vs. 35%
Denied training or time to succeed in new job, 43% vs. 34%
Blocked access to equipment & resources for success, 30% vs. 21% Uninvited invasion of office space & scrutiny of e-mails, 22% vs. 14%
b.) Men targets were more likely(& showed a statistically significant greater likelihood) than women targets to be recipients of the following tactics:
Tormented because of disability, 26% of men vs. 18% of women Threatened with physical harm, 21% vs. 12%
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