Most victims of workplace bullying quit their jobs

MORE than two-thirds of the victims of workplace bullying quit their jobs, yet bullies are more likely to be feted than condemned, a conference heard yesterday.

And one in 30 of the adult population is a serial bully in a Celtic Tiger economy where power is pursued at any cost.

Clinical psychologist with the Health Service Executive, Dr Mark Harrold, said the country's economic prosperity had fuelled a type of greed that gave a licence to a variety of nefarious workplace practices.