ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that Frances-Louise McGregor prompts those who have a bullying experience in the workplace to consider an alternative perspective to the rather simplistic assumption that the bully is always in the wrong and the target or victim is always in the right. In order to promote wider awareness and understanding of the phenomenon of workplace bullying a global collaboration between researchers, academics, human resources (HR) practitioners and workplace representatives formed the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment in 2008. In terms of HR practice, private, professional HR social media groups see a regular discussion around issues connected to workplace bullying; recently forums made available to members of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the HR professional body in the UK, have discussed performance management and bullying, how to investigate bullying issues and the rise of allegations during the difficult UK economic recession.
