Negative behaviour | Never | Now and then | Monthly | Weekly | Daily | Yes, to some degree* | Yes, daily or weekly | Mean score | |||||||
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Frequency | Per cent | Frequency | Per cent | Frequency | Per cent | Frequency | Per cent | Frequency | Per cent | Frequency | Per cent | Frequency | Per cent | (out of 5) | |
Having your opinions and views ignored† | 1838 | 63.2 | 825 | 28.4 | 100 | 3.4 | 89 | 3.1 | 57 | 2.0 | 1071 | 36.9 | 146 | 5.1 | 1.52 |
Being exposed to an unmanageable workload†‡ | 1909 | 65.8 | 702 | 24.2 | 100 | 3.4 | 105 | 3.6 | 86 | 3.0 | 993 | 34.2 | 191 | 6.6 | 1.54 |
Someone withholding information which affects your performance†‡ | 1972 | 67.9 | 734 | 25.3 | 73 | 2.5 | 84 | 2.9 | 40 | 1.4 | 931 | 32.1 | 124 | 4.3 | 1.45 |
Being ordered to do work below your level of competence¶ | 2016 | 70.1 | 615 | 21.4 | 69 | 2.4 | 110 | 3.8 | 66 | 2.3 | 860 | 29.9 | 176 | 6.1 | 1.47 |
Being given tasks with unreasonable or impossible targets or deadlines†‡ | 2185 | 75.2 | 542 | 18.7 | 69 | 2.4 | 66 | 2.3 | 44 | 1.5 | 721 | 24.9 | 110 | 3.8 | 1.36 |
Being humiliated or ridiculed in connection with your work†§¶ | 2225 | 76.6 | 525 | 18.1 | 58 | 2.0 | 68 | 2.3 | 27 | 0.9 | 678 | 23.3 | 95 | 3.2 | 1.33 |
Having key areas of responsibility removed or replaced with more trivial or unpleasant tasks¶ | 2259 | 77.9 | 460 | 15.9 | 65 | 2.2 | 72 | 2.5 | 43 | 1.5 | 640 | 22.1 | 115 | 4.0 | 1.34 |
Being ignored or facing a hostile reaction when you approach† | 2272 | 77.9 | 485 | 16.6 | 57 | 2.0 | 55 | 1.9 | 48 | 1.6 | 645 | 22.1 | 103 | 3.5 | 1.33 |
Being shouted at or being the target of spontaneous anger (or rage) | 2296 | 78.7 | 509 | 17.4 | 59 | 2.0 | 38 | 1.3 | 16 | 0.5 | 622 | 21.2 | 54 | 1.8 | 1.28 |
Spreading of gossip and rumours about you†¶ | 2340 | 80.7 | 453 | 15.6 | 39 | 1.3 | 40 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.0 | 560 | 19.3 | 68 | 2.4 | 1.26 |
Being ignored, excluded or being ‘sent to Coventry’ | 2372 | 81.8 | 382 | 13.2 | 49 | 1.7 | 55 | 1.9 | 43 | 1.5 | 529 | 18.3 | 98 | 3.4 | 1.28 |
Repeated reminders of your errors or mistakes†¶ | 2415 | 83.1 | 372 | 12.8 | 50 | 1.7 | 42 | 1.4 | 27 | 0.9 | 491 | 16.8 | 69 | 2.3 | 1.24 |
Pressure not to claim something which by right you are entitled to (eg, sick leave, holiday entitlement, travel expenses)†¶ | 2434 | 83.7 | 367 | 12.6 | 55 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.0 | 21 | 0.7 | 473 | 16.2 | 51 | 1.7 | 1.22 |
Persistent criticism of your work and effort†¶ | 2456 | 84.3 | 320 | 11.0 | 57 | 2.0 | 57 | 2.0 | 25 | 0.9 | 459 | 15.9 | 82 | 2.9 | 1.24 |
Excessive monitoring of your work†¶ | 2488 | 85.6 | 264 | 9.1 | 64 | 2.2 | 40 | 1.4 | 51 | 1.8 | 419 | 14.5 | 91 | 3.2 | 1.25 |
Having insulting or offensive remarks made about your person (ie, habits and background), your attitudes or your private life†¶ | 2540 | 87.2 | 289 | 9.9 | 38 | 1.3 | 30 | 1.0 | 15 | 0.5 | 372 | 12.7 | 45 | 1.5 | 1.18 |
Having allegations made against you†¶ | 2626 | 90.4 | 229 | 7.9 | 22 | 0.8 | 18 | 0.6 | 11 | 0.4 | 280 | 9.7 | 29 | 1.0 | 1.13 |
Intimidating behaviour such as finger-pointing, invasion of personal space, shoving, blocking/barring the way†¶ | 2662 | 91.3 | 204 | 7.0 | 23 | 0.8 | 16 | 0.5 | 11 | 0.4 | 254 | 8.7 | 27 | 0.9 | 1.12 |
Being the subject of excessive teasing and sarcasm¶ | 2689 | 92.5 | 162 | 5.6 | 22 | 0.8 | 20 | 0.7 | 14 | 0.5 | 218 | 7.6 | 34 | 1.2 | 1.11 |
Hints or signals from others that you should quit your job† | 2716 | 93.6 | 145 | 5.0 | 17 | 0.6 | 13 | 0.4 | 10 | 0.3 | 185 | 6.3 | 23 | 0.7 | 1.09 |
Practical jokes carried out by people you don't get on with¶ | 2789 | 96.1 | 89 | 3.1 | 9 | 0.3 | 10 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.1 | 112 | 3.8 | 14 | 0.4 | 1.05 |
Threats of violence or physical abuse or actual abuse¶ | 2843 | 97.8 | 53 | 1.8 | 4 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.2 | 63 | 2.1 | 6 | 0.2 | 1.03 |
*Collapsed across categories: now and then, monthly, weekly and daily. Total frequencies vary slightly due to missing data. Percentage totals may include rounding error.
†Behaviours with a significantly higher prevalence rate compared to staff without disabilities.
‡Behaviours with a significantly higher prevalence rate for White staff compared to BME staff.
§Behaviours with a significantly higher prevalence rate for BME staff compared to White staff.
¶Behaviours with a significantly higher prevalence rate for male staff compared to female staff.