Gary Namie Information
Gary Namie is social psychologist and anti-workplace bullying activist from Bellingham, Washington. He is the director of the Workplace Bullying Institute.
Namie launched a national campaign against workplace bullying in Benicia, California in 1998 with his wife Ruth, a clinical psychologist, after she was subject to harassment at work.[1][2] Namie has an AB from Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, and an MA in Research Psychology from San Francisco State University.[3] Namie taught psychology and management at US colleges for two decades. He taught the first university course in the US on workplace bullying. He was also a corporate manager for two regional hospital systems. He was the expert witness in the nation's first "bullying trial" in Indiana with the verdict upheld by the state Supreme Court.[citation needed]
In 2007 the Workplace Bullying Institute partnered with Zogby International to conduct the first representative study of all adult Americans on the topic of workplace bullying.[4] The survey reported that 1/3 of American workers have experienced workplace bullying. The Namies lobbied for a "Healthy Workplace Bill" sponsored by Kelli Linville to give employees the right to sue if harmed by an abusive workplace.[5]
Publications
- The Bully at Work: What You Can Do to Stop the Hurt and Reclaim Your Dignity on the Job. Gary Namie, Ruth Namie. Sourcebooks, Inc., 2009. ISBN 1402224265.
- BullyProof yourself at work!: personal strategies to stop the hurt. Gary Namie, Ruth Namie. Work Doctor, 1999. ISBN 0966862953.
References
- ^ Debare, Ilana (25 October 1998). "Psychologists launch all-out war against bullies in the workplace". Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/658932/Psychologists-launch-all-out-war-against-bullies-in-the-workplace.html?pg=1. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ Cox, Ana Marie (May–June 1999). "Is Your Office Bullyproof?". Mother Jones Magazine. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qucDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ "Division Two". Teaching of Psychology 9 (3): 135–137. October 1982. doi:10.1207/s15328023top0903_1. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a785859356.
- ^ Namie, Gary and Ruth The 2007 WBI-Zogby Survey
- ^ Morris, Rebecca (20 January 2008). ""Healthy Workplace Bill" would protect employees who feel the bite of a tormenting boss". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2004128912_bully20.html. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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