Overcoming Mobbing: A Recovery Guide for Workplace Aggression and Bullying
"This is a very important and useful contribution to the literature on mobbing, bullying, and emotional abuse at work. Employee relations and mental health practitioners, mobbing targets and their families, scholars, and advocates alike will benefit from its command of the relevant research, on-the-ground understanding of the workplace, and practical application. I will be adding it with enthusiasm to my short list of recommended books on this topic." --David C. Yamada, Professor of Law and Director, New Workplace Institute, Suffolk University Law School"Duffy and Sperry demonstrate that mobbing is one dark side of organizational life. Interpersonal dynamics make it all too easy for an individual to become the object of in-group harassment, and if the organization's leadership is blind to the reality of mobbing, the stage is set for destructive results. This book provides a useful map of the territory and offers a practical view for assessing and managing mobbing as it occurs." --Dr. Joseph Yeager, SommerYeager, LLC, and Developer of the Sommer Survey (SommerYeager.com)"Whatever the subject, the people most worth looking to for practical advice are those with the deepest, soundest, most thorough understanding of it. Duffy and Sperry demonstrated such understanding of workplace mobbing in their earlier, more theoretical book,Mobbing(OUP, 2012). The advice they offer here will be invaluable to mobbing targets, their family members and friends, indeed to anyone interested in fostering decency and fairness at work."-- Kenneth Westhues, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Sociology & Legal Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada"Mobbing is prevalent, abusive, and preventable. Duffy and Sperry explain clearly what mobbing is-and how employees, managers, and boards can challenge a widespread scourge that destroys lives and damages successful corporate cultures. If you care about the future of humanity and our economy, you should read this book."-- Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance"This book concentrates on mobbing in the workplace, but also discusses bullying since they are related aggressions. Of particular interest are chapters on mobbing recovery tools and suggestions for creating a healthy civil workplace. There are thorough notes for each chapter and an appendix lists useful websites. This is an impressive and insightful book. Highly recommended." --R. Davis,CHOICE