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Almost 30 percent of people are targeted by a workplace bully at some time during their work histories, according to Dr. Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, associate professor of communication at North Dakota State University, Fargo. In her book, “Adult Bullying – A Nasty Piece of Work: Translating a Decade of Research on Non-Sexual Harassment, Psychological Terror, Mobbing and Emotional Abuse on the Job,” Lutgen-Sandvik discusses what workplace bullying is; how much of it occurs; what individuals can do; and how organizations can address the issue.