Workplace Bullying Institute

WBI is seeking Spouses or Partners of individuals bullied at work.
As a couple, you and the bullied target must have lived together for at least one year. Ý
We seek only U.S. and Canadian participants.
The research will be conducted by phone; investigators will call.
We will call individuals who best fit our research profile.
Go here to volunteer April 11 - May 11


Illustration © Lou Beach

Bullying Research at WBI WORKPLACE BULLYING RESEARCH
BY the Workplace Bullying Institute


WBI-Zogby 2007 Survey

A collaboration between WBI (survey authors & results interpreters) and Zogby International researchers (data collectors & tabulators). 7,740 respondents, the largest-ever national survey of a scientifically representative sample of adult Americans on the topic.

DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE REPORT in .pdf format

Grab a copy of the trifold BROCHURE SUMMARIZING THE RESULTS in .pdf format

Download the single page Results Flyer

View a narrated slide show of the results.

  • 2007 WBI-Zogby Research Report Contents
    (text pages, html format)

    1. Zogby Research Methods
    2. U.S. Prevalence Statistics
    3. Gender and Bullying
    4. A Different Kind of Harassment Ignored by Laws & Employers
    5. Bullying is Top-Down
    6. Tactics of Bullies & Why It Happens
    7. Targets' Reactions
    8. Stopping It


  • ARTICLE: Namie, G. (2007) The challenge of workplace bullying. Employment Relations Today, Vol 34, 2 (Summer 2007), 43-51.

  • ARTICLE: Namie, G. & Namie, R. (2004) Workplace bullying: How to address America's silent epidemic. Employee Rights & Employment Policy Journal, 8 (2), 315-333.

  • ARTICLE: Namie, G. (2003). Workplace bullying: Escalated incivility. Ivey Business Journal, Nov/Dec issue


  • The WBI 2003 Report on Abusive Workplaces (1,000 respondents)
    (text pages, html format)
    - Table of Contents
    - Our Research Process
    - About Individuals Targeted by Bullies
    - About Perpetrators, the Bullies
    - Bullies' Tactics
    - Why Targets Are Bullied
    - Impact on Target's Health

    The complete 2003 report in .pdf format

  • The WBI 2000 U.S. Hostile Workplace Survey (1,335 respondents)
    (text pages, html format)
    Introduction
    About Bullies
    About Bullied Individuals, the Targets
    Who Helps, Who Hurts Targets
    - Impact on Target's Health
    - Impact on Target's Economic Status
    - Targets' Comments

    The complete 2000 U.S. Hostile Workplace Survey Report in .pdf format

  • The Year 1998 Survey results presented at NIOSH/APA conference, 1999