Tim Field (24 April 1952 in

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. It is also a non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, bor ...

– 15 January 2006) was a British anti-

bullying Bullying is the use of force, coercion, Suffering, hurtful teasing, comments, or threats, in order to abuse, aggression, aggressively wikt:domination, dominate, or intimidate one or more others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. On ...

activist with his main focus relating to

workplace bullying Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes physical and/or emotional harm. It includes verbal, nonverbal Nonverbal communication is the transmission of messages or signals through a non ...

. He was the author of two books. In 2011, Field and a journalist Neil Marr coined the term " bullycide".

Early life

Tim Field was born on 24 April 1952 in Eastbourne, England. From 1971 to 1975 he studied computing science in

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...

at the North Staffordshire Polytechnic, now University of Staffordshire, and was awarded a First Class Honours degree.

Career

Field worked in the computer industry for nineteen years until he had to stop due to the effects of experiencing severe workplace bullying. In 1996, Field founded the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line and the ''Success Unlimited'' website. He wrote and self-published a book, ''Bully in Sight'', based on his own experiences, and impressions of calls to the advice line in 1996. First published with the long title ''Bully in Sight: How to Predict, Resist, Challenge and Combat Workplace Bullying'', the first ten chapters of the book seek to define

and bullies. The second part offers suggestions on how to challenge and combat workplace bullying. As a result of the expense and effort of defending himself against a libel action, in early 2004, Field closed down the National Workplace Bullying Advice Line and ''Bullying Times''.

Personal life, death and legacy

In July 1978 Field married Susan Mitchener, who he had met as a fellow-student at N. Staffs. Polytechnic. They had two children. Field died from cancer on 15 January 2006, aged 53.Field, T, et al
BullyOnline Bio page
Tim Field set up bullyonline.org to inform people about workplace bullying. In 2015 the Tim Field Foundation was established as a UK registered charity to maintain this website and further Tim Field's cause against bullying.Tim Field Foundation
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Works

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References

External links

* Vaknin, Sam
Bully at Work - Interview with Tim Field

Tim Field Memorial site
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