Australian media specialist and talk show host Susi Hamilton welcomes Dr. Simon Restubog (Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Whales) to “On the Couch” (a web talk show based out of Australia) to discuss his research into the dark side of corporation, particularly corporate bullying by managers towards subordinates.

Dr. Restubog sites a research study done in Australia in 2000 that states 70% of employees had been mistreated by supervisors. With his research, he’d like to help companies pinpoint, address and minimize this abusive behavior effectively and with minimal damage to corporate morale.

A leading cause of corporate bullying is anger displacement where people who are unhappy in other areas of their lives take out their frustration and anger at the office because the ramifications are slight or in many cases there are no ramifications at all. There are two root causes of this behavior:

(1) inherited/learned frustration (my boss treats me like crap, so I’ll treat my subordinate like crap); and

(2) you are prone to anger and agression through your natural personality (in other words, you’re a prick who enjoys causing other people pain)

What do you do if you’re being bullied at work (and, no, the answer doesn’t involve hiring a hitman)? Watch Dr. Restabog give good advice on how to handle corporate bullying.

I like Dr. Restubog, not only because of his reasearch (which is noble and necessary enough), but because he signed off this interview with the following fairwell after Susi Hamilton thanked him for coming on the show:

“No worries”.

None indeed… unless you’re being bullied by your douchebag boss at work.

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