Abstract
This paper aims at assessing the present circumstances strongly associated with healthcare workers in Nigeria. Particular reference is to the recognition of the fact that mobbing and/or bullying stressors are being meted on environmental health workers by other medical and paramedical workers in the field in Nigeria. The study used environmental health workers as sampled population as well includes different actors from the healthcare work force to identify certain key elements associated with mobbing and/or bullying in a set of job-related organizational contexts. The data were obtained using an adopted questionnaire used by previous researchers. In line with this topic three objectives were developed Mobbing and Organizational Trusts, Mobbing and Voice Behaviour, Mobbing and Deviance behaviour. The total number of questionnaires distributed was 220 out of which 200 were dully filled and return for analysis. The results indicated that there is significant relationship between environmental health workers precisely working in the primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare being mobbed or bullied. The identified scene for such act has been identified to be when patients or guest are present in the facility where they work, at meetings or work briefing and during special area inspections. Worst still, was the non-inclusion of environmental health workers in the scheme of building plan, supervision, approval and smooth handing over of projects after completion for lifecycle inspection. The act tends to discourage their job performance and increase the prevalence of diseases related to environmental factors and conditions in the country. Chances are that an environmental health worker may be bullied if the officer insisted on inspecting sites where other professionals (Civil, mechanical, electrical, architects, surveyors amongst other) are in charge during construction. These led to the environmental health workers to suffer from psycho-industrial ailments or work stress, enjoy little satisfaction from their working conditions, and failed to perceive opportunities for promotions in their organizations and future progression in the profession. The implications of these findings could assist in reassuring environmental health workers enviable future, greater challenges and hopes, reduction IN environmentally driven diseases, policy recognition and medical family reintegration by facilitating, good social professional relationships among healthcare workers in the country.
Highlights
Mobbing or Bullying is defined as psychological violence or mobbing as hostile behaviors and uncultured communication, directed stylishly by a leader, colleague, a personality or more individuals, toward an individual or group of individuals (Yildirim, & Yildrim, 2009)
Particular reference is to the recognition of the fact that mobbing and/or bullying stressors are being meted on environmental health workers by other medical and paramedical workers in the field in Nigeria
The distraction came in the form of discrediting and mobbing by colleagues in the profession, these leads to Environmental Health Officers (EHO’s) experience of mobbing with seemingly an engendering lack of voice behaviour, absence of organizational citizenship and transmuted deviance behaviour (Hansen, Hogh, Persson, Karlson, Gadre, Orbeak, 2006)
Summary
Mobbing or Bullying is defined as psychological violence or mobbing as hostile behaviors and uncultured communication, directed stylishly by a leader, colleague, a personality or more individuals, toward an individual or group of individuals (Yildirim, & Yildrim, 2009). This shows that psychological violence experienced by employees traced back some decades since the beginning of working life, whose appearance is avoided, and sometime even ignored, adversely influences organizational and employees, voice behaviour, organizational citizenship, organizational deviance behaviour, organizational culture and justice perception (Kose & Yildirim, 2013; Hutchinson et al, 2010; Liljegren & Ekberg, 2009). The distraction came in the form of discrediting and mobbing by colleagues in the profession, these leads to Environmental Health Officers (EHO’s) experience of mobbing with seemingly an engendering lack of voice behaviour, absence of organizational citizenship and transmuted deviance behaviour (Hansen, Hogh, Persson, Karlson, Gadre, Orbeak, 2006).
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