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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Work Bullying Linked With Poor Sleep The reach of the work bully extends well beyond the office. Research shows that employees who get bullied at work have sleep problems at home. According to a study published the trauma of bullying in the workplace is so great that it even appears to affect those who witness a co-worker being mistreated. Workplace bullying can include actions like belittling comments and yelling to spread gossip and excluding someone from an important meeting. Usually victims are helpless to defend themselves because many companies don’t have procedures in place to stop the behavior. A study done last year found that workplace aggression can be more damaging than sexual harassment. The study was done by the French national health agency. They surveyed a random sample of 3 132 and 4 562 women in southeast France. The researchers found that about one in ten workers in the sample experienced “hostile behavior” at work at least once a week. Bullying victims were more likely to report sleep problems than workers who didn’t experience hostility at work. About one in three people studied reported that they had seen a co-worker bullied in the previous 12 months. Witnessing bullying in the workplace also doubled the risk for sleep problems. Those who watched others get bullied suffered from health problems because it’s stressful to witness another person being harmed. The witnesses to bullying may suffer health problems because it’s stressful to witness another person being harmed. “The presence of bullying in a workplace may also be a sign of a more generally deleterious working environment that may present other job stressors, such as failures in managerial leadership or organizational injustice,” Dr. Niedhammer said, the study’s principal investigator. Read more here Source (please note, some articles are only available for a limited time.) Posted by: suhujitha on 2009-09-04 13:22:47 Subscribe to the feed Direct Link to this post Next post: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Other posts tagged bullying, sleep, shift work, insomnia: · [Sleep disturbances hurt memory consolidation] · [How to handle your insecure boss] · [Tips to combat bullying -- for kids or in the workplace] · [You need more sleep (infographic)] · [Daylight savings and your internal clocks] · [Switch to daylight saving time leads to cyberloafing at the office] · [Rotating Night Shift Work Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women] · [Tips to help you adjust to the end of Daylight Savings Time] · [Shift work in teens linked to increased multiple sclerosis risk] · [Stress hormones may increase cardiovascular risks for shift workers - especially those under 40] · [Modern shift work pattern potentially less harmful to health] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! Recent Posts: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work People who are willing to work hard for rewards had higher release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in areas of the brain known to play an important role in reward and motivation Posted by: danica on 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships How internships are high-impact educational practices that can lead to higher levels of learning than those practices found in traditional classroom settings Posted by: danica on 2012-05-11 10:59:49 Comparing suffering may stop people seeking help for depression and anxiety People make inaccurate judgements about their depression and anxiety symptoms based on their perception of the suffering of those around them Posted by: danica on 2012-05-09 11:17:17 Long commutes may be hazardous to health Greater commuting distances are associated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), increased weight, and other indicators of metabolic risk Posted by: danica on 2012-05-09 09:02:31 National U.K. handwashing campaign improved hygiene and reduced infection The more UK hospitals purchased soap and alcohol handrub, the more levels of MRSA and C. difficile went down Posted by: danica on 2012-05-07 09:05:37 View Your Cart? Call us for more information: In Toronto and Area call 647.723.6381 or call 1.866.395.8904 Toll-free. Dial answer group (ext) 3. \| Share: \| more Check out our Amazon Reading List!	New! Wellergize brings the power of Permacharts to your organization. Click here to see our selection. Wellergize Latest Tweet: Hmm. Twitter appears to be pining for the fjords at the moment. Who has used Wellergize Products and Services? O.L.G., for one. Ask us how we can help your organization.
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