: 70% of abused women to other women working
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Abuse / One in three people suffers at work
Mobbing: 70% of abused women to other women
should they expect less response to the assault, experts say Mickey Meece
The New York Times
The New York Times
NEW YORK .- Gritos, intrigue and sabotage are the signs that indicate the presence of a bully at work, laying traps for employees to each step. Those who study the working environment ensuring that in times of economic crisis, as now, the stress levels increase and are likely abusers sharpen the language and go on the attack.
may not be a surprise to anyone that the majority of abusers are male, as revealed by investigations of a group of defense, against Workplace Bullying Institute. However, 40% of abusers are female. But at least the male abusers do not distinguish gender, and intimidate men and women almost equally. Women, however, prefer, apparently, those of the same sex, and more than 70% of the time chosen as a target for other women.
How women are going through the "glass ceiling" labor inequality if they are to avoid verbal attacks they engage other women in office boxes, corridors and meeting rooms?
We do not like to talk about it because it "contradicts the behavior expected of us as women," said Mrs. Klaus. "We're supposed to that feed, they support."
Many working women are still reluctant to make public the fact for fear of worse, or threaten his career. An accountant from California said he recently joined a company and was immediately ruled out by two women who worked there. One of them even pushed her during an argument in the cafeteria, said the accountant. "It's like we're back in high school," he said.
A senior executive said that when she finally managed to "break the glass ceiling, another woman who was behind the same office told the officers:" I can not work with it, is a passive-aggressive " . The strategy worked: soon the executive lost his job and gave it to his accuser.
One of the reasons why women choose to target other women "is probably the idea that a person will face less adversarial, someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression," says Gary Namie, director of Research Institute of Labor Abuse.
leadership specialists wonder: are women being "too aggressive" because there are very few opportunities for advancement? Or is it a stereotype of women only being perceived that way?
gender stereotypes
studies on gender stereotypes of the organization Catalyst suggests that no matter how they choose to send the women, the perception of others will never be "quite good". Moreover, the organization found that women have to work twice as hard as men to achieve the same degree of recognition and demonstrate that they can lead.
"If women business operate according to their gender stereotypes, they are considered too soft", the study by Catalyst, conducted in 2007. "And if they act against gender stereotypes, are seen as too harsh."
"Women feel they have to be aggressive for the move up, and then they are more and more. Then, suddenly, seem to feel the need to be partners and help, rather than being competitive," said Laura Steck, president of the Center for Growth and Leadership in Sunnydale.
Newman and his colleague Loraleigh Keashly, of Wayne State University have developed a questionnaire to identify the full spectrum of behaviors that constitute abuse, which could help companies to identify problems in most cases are not reported.
abuse is any form of aggression (hostility), verbal or psychological that persists for more than six months. The 29 survey questions include: Over the past 12 months, have systematically looked so hostile? Have you had a vacuum? Do you have repeatedly tried to abruptly or disrespectful? Is not got other denounce false rumors against you? The
against Workplace Bullying Institute says that 37% of workers have been harassed or intimidated. However, many employers ignore a problem that, according to the institute, attentive ultimately against the results, productivity and health costs. Cases rarely go to trial, since there is no law that applied to them directly, and legal costs are very high.
Recently, two Canadian researchers set out to study the type of abuse that women subjected to other women. They found that some women sabotage each other because they feel they help their fellow workers could jeopardize their own career. Translation
Jaime Arrambide
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