Mobbing
bullying of an individual by a group of coworkers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mobbing is a special type of consensus bullying behavior. It is about an imbalance of social, physical or other power involving a group or a person.
Mobbing is like a "virus" or a "cancer" that spreads via gossip, rumour and innuendo. Mobbing is developed or pushed by a leader who persuades others into a systematic pattern of "mob-like" behaviour toward the target.[1]
History
Some European languages have adopted "mob" as a loanword to describe special kinds of bullying.[1]
Checklists
A checklist for identify mobbing behaviour includes[2]
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- Group focus on a critical incident that "shows what kind of person the "target" really is"[2]
- Shared belief that the target needs "to be taught a lesson"[2]
- Defamation words and reasoning about the target[2]
- Shared negative ideas about the target[2]
- Loss of diversity of argument, so that it becomes dangerous to defend the target[2]
- Addition of the target’s real or imagined mistakes[2]
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