World Association for Research on Workplace Mobbing

05/23/2026

🎬 Film Recommendation Martha (2024)

This documentary traces Martha Stewart’s rise to fame, public downfall amid legal controversy, and eventual comeback.

Why it relates to mobbing: The film reflects mobbing through elite-driven targeting, reputational takedown, and the amplification of accusations, where powerful actors and public narratives converge to isolate and bring down a high-profile individual—echoing dynamics of envy, coordinated hostility, and institutional force.

05/15/2026

🎬 Film Recommendation
A Map of the World (1999)

After a tragic accident, a school nurse becomes the target of community suspicion and false accusations that spiral into devastating consequences.

Why it relates to mobbing: The film powerfully depicts panic-driven collective condemnation, where fear and rumor fuel group hostility, reflecting mobbing dynamics such as scapegoating, social isolation, and the rapid spread of reputational harm.

05/15/2026

🎬 Film Recommendation A Map of the World (1999)

After a tragic accident, a school nurse becomes the target of community suspicion and false accusations that spiral into devastating consequences.

Why it relates to mobbing: The film powerfully depicts panic-driven collective condemnation, where fear and rumor fuel group hostility, reflecting mobbing dynamics such as scapegoating, social isolation, and the rapid spread of reputational harm.

05/09/2026

🎬 Film Recommendation
The Lords of Discipline (1983)

At a Southern military academy, a cadet confronts a rigid culture of secrecy and brutality while defending a Black peer targeted by systemic hostility.

Why it relates to mobbing:
The film portrays how group-enforced norms, intimidation, and collective silence can isolate and pressure individuals, reflecting core features of mobbing such as coordinated targeting, exclusion, and institutional complicity.

05/01/2026

🎬 Film Recommendation
The Life of David Gale (2003)

A respected professor’s life unravels after a false accusation destroys his reputation, pushing him toward a desperate and controversial final act.

Why it relates to mobbing:
The film illustrates how collective judgment, stigma, and institutional response can isolate and destroy an individual—even after innocence is acknowledged—mirroring key dynamics of workplace mobbing such as reputational damage, social exclusion, and career ruin.

04/28/2026

A powerful Farewell Lecture — Simon Lilly discusses workplace mobbing and the dismissal of Marcella Carollo, a professional astronomer.

Watch the Video:

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04/25/2026

🎬 Film Recommendation
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Judgment at Nuremberg examines the moral responsibility of judges under the N**i regime during the Nuremberg Trials, questioning whether legal conformity can excuse participation in systemic injustice.

Why it relates to mobbing:
The film highlights how institutional pressure, conformity, and fear of dissent can lead individuals to comply with collective wrongdoing—core dynamics that also underlie workplace mobbing, where individuals may participate in or enable harm to avoid becoming targets themselves.

04/23/2026

Featured Resource for Workplace Mobbing Clinicians:

Counselling People Targeted by Workplace Mobbing – A Guide for Clinicians by Richard Schwindts

Counselling People Targeted by Workplace Mobbing by Richard Schwindts is a key resource for clinicians, offering practical strategies drawn from hundreds of real-life stories and the work of experts like Janice Harper, Kenneth Westhues, and the late Heinz Leymann.

Read the book:
https://www.amazon.com/Counselling-People-Targeted-Workplace-Mobbing-ebook/dp/B07NCP3DD5

Learn more directly from the author! Richard Schwindts will present at the 2026 Niagara Conference on Workplace Mobbing (July 20-22, 2026, Niagara Falls, NY), a must-attend event for professionals supporting those impacted:
https://www.niagara.edu/about/niagara-conference-on-workplace-mobbing/

This book offers guidance for treating those who seek help after facing the opprobrium of a hostile workplace. Whether your client has left the abuse or remains under fire, they need a therapist who can offer informed support. In Counselling People Targeted by Workplace Mobbing senior therapist R...

04/21/2026

🔍 Mobbing Research Spotlight

“Workplace Mobbing vs. Workplace Bullying: Understanding the Distinction” by Qingli Meng

What’s the difference between bullying and mobbing?
While bullying often involves a single aggressor, mobbing is a collective process—a group dynamic that isolates, discredits, and ultimately pushes out a target over time.

This research spotlight highlights why understanding this distinction matters—for awareness, accountability, and prevention in today’s workplaces.

📖 Read more: https://journalofworkplacemobbing.org/index.php/jwm/article/view/404

Interested in this topic? Join us at the Niagara Conference on Workplace Mobbing.

Register here:
https://www.niagara.edu/about/niagara-conference-on-workplace-mobbing/

This event continues to elevate public awareness and foster critical discussions on workplace mobbing.

04/20/2026