ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses workplace abuse within the Greek context, where a complex cultural configuration backed by a non-existent legislative framework apparently leads to a strong prevalence of both incivility and bullying in its various forms. There is a practice in the Greek academic environment that certainly falls within workplace abuse, but it is sufficiently different from incivility and bullying to warrant separate treatment. It involves target individuals who are regularly forced to perform tasks and activities that are contained in the workloads of powerful others. The economy of Greece is composed mostly of services, which represents in excess of 80 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 70 per cent of employment, the disproportionately large public sector included. The family is of paramount importance in Greek culture, and it is loyalty to the family and its perceived interests that largely guide social behaviour.
