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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Psychodynamic Perspective of Workplace Bullying: Containment, Boundaries and a Futile Search for Recognition
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White, Sheila – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2004
This paper presents a psychodynamic perspective of workplace bullying. It focuses on two related psychoanalytical concepts, containment and boundaries. The life cycle theory of bullying builds on these concepts and describes in-depth the evolving relationship between a bully and a victim. The search for recognition by the bully and victim proves…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Aggression, Bullying, Interpersonal Relationship