Mobbing

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.

History

Some European languages have adopted "mob" as a loanword to describe special kinds of bullying.

Checklists

A checklist for identify mobbing behaviour includes

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Group focus on a critical incident that "shows what kind of person the "target" really is"
Shared belief that the target needs "to be taught a lesson"
Defamation words and reasoning about the target
Shared negative ideas about the target
Loss of diversity of argument, so that it becomes dangerous to defend the target
Addition of the target’s real or imagined mistakes

References

1 2 Shallcross, Linda et al. (2008). "Workplace Mobbing: Expulsion, Exclusion, and Transformation," Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine 2008; retrieved 2013-2-20.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Westhues, Kenneth. Checklist of Mobbing Indicators at arts.uwaterloo.ca Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, 2006; retrieved 2013-2-20.

Other websites

[shallcross-1] 1 2 Shallcross, Linda et al. (2008). "Workplace Mobbing: Expulsion, Exclusion, and Transformation," Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine 2008; retrieved 2013-2-20.

[Westhues-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Westhues, Kenneth. Checklist of Mobbing Indicators at arts.uwaterloo.ca Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, 2006; retrieved 2013-2-20.

v t e Bullying
Types	Bullying culture Cyberbullying Disability bullying Gay bashing Mobbing School bullying
Elements	Betrayal Bystanders Defamation Destabilisation Discrediting Innuendo Insult Intimidation Moving the goalposts Personal attacks Physical abuse Sarcasm Teasing
Organisations	Act Against Bullying BeatBullying Bullying UK Kidscape GRIN Campaign Jer's Vision
Actions	Anti-Bullying Day Anti-Bullying Week International STAND UP to Bullying Day Anti-bullying legislation International Day of Pink