It found that incidents of bullying were not just ‘top down’, with 63 per cent of respondents observing bullying between peers and 30 per cent witnessing subordinates bullying their manager.
The root causes of bullying were identified as:
Lack of management skills 70%
Personality clashes 57%
Authoritarian management styles 48%
Failure to address previous bullying 38%
Personal prejudice/discrimination 30%
Unrealistic targets and deadlines 23%
Inappropriate performance management systems 19%
Organisational change 10%
Demanding customers/clients 9%
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