A unified theory of Work Place Harassment: Psychodynamics of Adult Bullying and Mobbing - Paperback

by Luis de Rivera (Author)

Work Place Harassment (WPH) is referred to as adult bullying in the U.K. and in the U.S.A. and as mobbing in the European mainland. Psychological harassment, in all of its varieties, is a complex psychosocial syndrome generated by an interaction of dynamics created by the abuser, the victim and the psychosocial group to which they both belong. All three factors are necessary, and none of them, by itself, is sufficient. Together, these dynamics of abuse are activated and reactivated in a cyclical manner, crystallizing into a stable system - a vicious cycle whose duration and consequences depend on the strength and fortune of the victim. This book provides valuable insights for the detection, prevention and eradication of this increasing problem.

Author Biography

Luis de Rivera, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry in Madrid Autonomous University and former Professor of Psychiatry at McMaster University in Canada. Trained in Psychiatry at McGill University and in Psychoanalysis at the American Academy of Psychoanalysis in New York, he is now the director of the Madrid Institute of Psychotherapy, in Spain. In 1997 he described the AIM Syndrome, better known by its spanish rendering of "Syndrome MIA", a character disorder often present in managers prone to bully their subordinates. Since then, he has published several works on Mobbing or Adult Bullying. He is a regular consultant to the Spanish Legal System and to the empresarial world.