In the past six months, over 53% of Poles aged 18-35 have experienced signs of workplace bullying, the Polish Radio reported citing a survey by UCE Research.
The most commonly reported incidents involve shouting, swearing, and insults, according to the survey. The authors of the report focused on the phenomenon of bullying among young Poles.
A total of 800 respondents, surveyed online using the CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview) method, were asked if they had encountered any of the listed issues in the past six months while performing their professional duties.
More than half (53.1%) of the participants in the nationwide survey experienced some situation or problem from the described list (22.2% denied experiencing any of these, over 8% were unsure, and over 6% couldn’t recall if they had such an experience).
The most common forms of bullying included shouting, swearing, and insults (21.4%). This type of oppression was reported more by men (24.7%) than by women (18.5%).
The study also showed that, 15.5% of respondents reported being the subject of workplace gossip and rumors, 14.9% experienced verbal abuse, including being called derogatory names or subjected to other demeaning language and 13.7% were given pointless tasks.
In addition, 11.1% of participants reported instances of harassment, whether through phone, email, or during and after work hours.
The least frequent reports involved physical violence and abuse (1.5%), as well as sexual harassment, exploitation, or receiving sexual propositions (1.5%).
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