As the recent lawsuit by former Tinder co-founder, Whitney Wolfe, suggests, bad behavior may be rampant among white-collar elites in Silicon Valley. But it's not just well-compensated tech employees ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathy Caprino, M.A. covers careers, leadership and personal growth. If you’ve ever been bullied by a boss or colleague, you know ...

While research has repeatedly revealed the repercussions of abusive supervision, some bosses continue to act like jerks. So, there must be some benefits from abusive actions. To understand what these ...

Workplace bullying has reached epidemic proportions. A 2007 poll showed that 37% of workers are currently, or have been, the target of bullies at work. Another 12% have witnessed bullying in the ...

Victoria Ring had a bully boss when she was working as a paralegal at a bankruptcy law firm in Ohio early in her career. “I would be interviewing one of our clients who was in debt and he would stand ...

If the schoolyard is the stomping ground of bully boys and bully girls, then the office is the playground of adult bullies. Perhaps because power is the chief perk in most companies, especially those ...

The prevalence of bullying on the playground, the Internet, in classrooms and dormitories is a serious problem in the U.S. right now--but children, teens and young adults aren’t the only ones using ...

Just because your boss asks you to make daily trips to Starbucks doesn't mean she's a Miranda Priestly. Some bosses are just more demanding and like to challenge their employees. That's why Andrew ...