One person's playful banter is another person's bullying. However bullying can generally be regarded as negative acts directed towards another person. In the workplace these can most readily be seen in terms of:
threatening the individual's work status.
threatening personal standing (e.g. ageist or sexist comments).
isolating the individual from information, opportunities, outings, etc.
giving impossible deadlines, overwork and undue pressures.
undermining the individual such as demeaning their standard of work, not giving credit, setting up projects to fail, reminders of mistakes.
Bullying is intended to affect people psychologically. In some settings it is directly structured as test of belonging and a (misguided) way to ensure that unsuitable people are quickly identified and excluded from that culture.
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