Mobbing as a professional risk factor (on the example of INRTU)

Abstract

Currently, in labor protection, significant attention is paid to various aspects of the psychological climate in production, namely industrial stress, physical and psychological cruelty, balance between work and private life, psychological and organizational factors affecting the labor productivity. Under stress conditions, humans have disturbed sleep, poorly coordinated movements, they are unable to make decisions, and the efficiency of their labor activity decreases. The study aims to identify the level of mobbing on the example of Irkutsk National Research Technical University staff and develop recommendations for reducing the level of mobbing on the university staff. There are two types of mobbing: vertical (bossing), when psychological terror comes from the leadership and horizontal - when it comes from colleagues. The study was conducted using the methods of questioning, analysis and comparison. The results of the mobbing survey in the staff environment, diagnostics of the mental and motivational states of teachers, as well as methods for assessing the psychological atmosphere are presented. It was established that in some departments elements of mobbing are manifested. Staff aged 36-45 mainly react to the mobbing. Practical recommendations for preventing mobbing were suggested. They include the need to inform the staff of long-term university development goals, the availability of job descriptions, the possibility of career development and an even distribution of responsibilities and teaching load.