New York Healthy Workplace Advocates

NYHWA has read extensively on books involving the topics of workplace bullying, anti-social personality disorder (Narcissism, Sociopathy & Psychopathy) and books dealing with best practices to assist proactive employers in understanding and dealing with this form of workplace violence. 

We hope that viewers of this section of our web site will utilize these links to understand workplace bullying and if you are a target of such workplace violence to understand it is never about you as a person.  You have been targeted because you brought positive aspects to the workplace that another employee (the bully)  wish they had or could develop.  The books on workplace bullying will help you understand the dynamics of the situation, and provide numerous examples of the ways workplace bullies will try to undermine your success and creativity in the workplace.  You can utilize the different tactics provided by these books for your own documentation as you are targeted by the workplace bully to bring to the attention of people who may be able to assist you in finding a resolution to this form of workplace violence.

For those who would like to understand some of the types of workplace bullies, we have included a page dedicated to books on anti-social personality disorders.  While not all bullies have such an affliction, it is one of many types of workplace bullies you may encounter and quite possibly the most dangerous.  People who suffer from anti-social personality disorder are excellent story tellers and will almost assuredly have Human Resources and others in the organization believing you are the problem.  The books in this section will help you understand and attempt to look for the tell-tale signs of the anti-social personality disordered bully. 

Finally, for the proactive employer and manager who wish to help their fellow employees succeed and work in a health working environment, we have listed a number of books that may help you in this endeavor.  We hope that you do not just look at this section for solutions to workplace bullying, but have read some of the books in the aforementioned sections to gain a clear and precise understanding of this form of workplace violence to these books will have better meaning and value for you and your employees.