Bullying: Coming to a workplace near you?

Bullying: It’s not just for the playground anymore. It’s in the workplace, and it’s a growing concern for employers.
According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, almost three out of 10 (27%) employees say they’ve felt bullied in the workplace — and the majority of those neither confronted nor reported the bully.
Employees most likely to feel bullied? Women, workers 55 or older, and workers 24 or younger.
One-third (34%) of women said they have felt bullied in the workplace; just 22% of their male counterparts said they’d been similarly victimized.
Looking at age: 29% of workers 55 or older and 29% of employees 24 or younger reported they had been bullied on the job.  Workers 35 to 44 were the least likely to report feeling bullied at 25%.
The most common culprit is typically the boss, according to the survey.  Fourteen percent of workers felt bullied by their immediate supervisor, while 11% felt bullied by a co-worker.  Seven percent said the bully was not their boss, but someone else higher up in the organization. Another 7% said the bully was a customer.
The study was conducted from February 21 to March 10, 2011 and included more than 5,600 full-time workers nationwide.