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Organizational challenges are always not measured by their wealth but their employees who face challenges in the form of changing composition not only by work pressure but also by peer pressure and attitude of the work force where prolonged mistreatment at the work place would have significant impact on the employee’s productivity. This research paper aims to review the studies and examine the effectiveness of Workplace Bullying on Employees’ Productivity in private organizations. This research paper is Descriptive in nature and makes use of primary data as well as secondary data and explored that being a victim of bullying can lead to adverse effects which cause psychological and physical health problems.

Keywords

Work place Bullying, Productivity, Organization Effectiveness, Effects.

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