Workplace Bullying Institute

The WBI 2003 Report on Abusive Workplaces

Table of Contents

Our Research Methodology

A. About Survey Respondents, Individuals Targeted

1. Demographics
2. How does the bullying end?

B. About Perpetrators, the Bullies

1. A different kind of harassment
2. Bully's Rank
3. Spreading the misery
4. Bullies enlist the help of others

C. What Do Bullies Do?

1. Top 25 Tactics Adopted by All Bullies
2. Differences based on Bullies' Gender
3. Differences based on Targets' Gender

D. Why Targets Were Chosen (Bullies' motives as seen by Targets)

1. Ranking of the reasons
2. Different Selections based on Bullies' Gender
3. Different Selections based on Targets' Gender
4. Another view of the potential reasons
5. An Attributional Approach to Understanding Why Bullies Bully
6. The Threats Targets Pose to Bullies

E. Impact on Targets' Health

1. The WBI Health Symptoms List
2. Newness of Health Problems
3. Bullying and PTSD
4. Acute Anxiety