Phenomenon Of Mobbing Research Articles

Consequences of bullying on the life and health of the person being bullied

One of the most serious pathologies in the work environment is bullying. Victims of mobbing experience emotional, psychological and sometimes even physical violence, which causes consequences on an individual, organizational, social level. Due to the serious consequences of bullying, it becomes necessary to continuously monitor this phenomenon in the context of formulating possible ways to prevent and rehabilitate those who have experienced it. The purpose of the research undertaken was to learn about the consequences of bullying on the personal lives and health of victims of bullying. 13 respondents took part in the study. In selecting the sample, the assumption was made that those taking part in the study must have a court case held, during which the occurrence of mobbing in the employment relationship was found. A qualitative strategy using a narrative interview was used to obtain and analyze data. The presentation of the results of the study was divided into two areas: the consequences of bullying on personal life and the consequences of bullying on the victim's health. The most common symptoms of somatic disorders in the subjects related to the experience of bullying were headaches, dizziness, abdominal pain, nausea, pain in the heart area, sleep disturbances, and general weakness. In the area of mental disorders associated with experienced bullying, those surveyed most often mentioned: concentration and attention disorders, mood disorders, depression, addiction to psychoactive substances, and even suicidal thoughts. All the mental disorders mentioned are inextricably linked to exposure to chronic stress. It is the substrate of physiological, emotional and behavioral reactions, as well as intellectual reactions. All the listed consequences of bullying on the health of the victim, affect personal life. The experience of bullying affects a person's creative activity, which is passion. The consequence of bullying situations is the abandonment of activity, and the return to previous passions causes frustration, stress, and attacks of aggression in the subjects. Those affected by bullying transfer their problems to their private lives, so the effects of bullying also affect the immediate family. The prolongation of the bullying situation and the behavior of the victim of bullying often leads in the family sphere to: quarrels, frustration, deterioration of ties and relations, aggression and family breakdown. In order to design intervention and prevention measures, it is necessary to increase public awareness of the phenomenon of mobbing and its consequences for the individual, the organization and society.

MOBBING AMONG ADOLESCENTS: SOCIAL CAUSES, FORMS AND INTENSITY, FAMILY SITUATION, AND PARENTING PRACTICES

This study focuses on the phenomenon of mobbing among adolescents aged 15 to 16, analyzing its social causes, forms, and intensity of manifestation, as well as family situation and opinions regarding adolescent education and parenting practices. The aim of the research is to develop a model for approaching mobbing and to analyze the results obtained. The study examined the manipulated variables and basic statistical indicators that characterize these variables in the research sample, and the results showed that most students live with both parents and consider their household's financial situation to be similar to that of their friends and classmates. Overall, mobbing represents an important social problem among adolescents and can have significant negative effects on the mental and physical health of its victims. By identifying the causes of mobbing behaviors, this information can be used to develop effective prevention programs in the school environment.

Соціальна профілактика мобінгу у трудовому колективі

The article is devoted to the theoretical study of the problem of social prevention of mobbing as psychological violence in the workplace. It is determined that the issue is relevant due to the spread of the phenomenon of mobbing and its negative impact on the mental health and work activity of the employees. It is found that in the international practice, the main approaches to the prevention of mobbing are consolidated at the legislative level. Social prevention is defined as a complex of activities aimed at preventing, detecting and eliminating violence. The paper substantiates the feasibility of primary and secondary prevention of mobbing in the workplace. It is noted that primary prevention is aimed at preventing the incidence of mobbing and consists mainly of raising the level of awareness of the employees about the causes, forms, features and consequences of mobbing, as well as possible ways of providing the assistance. The methods used in primary social prevention of mobbing in the workplace are defined as follows: awareness raising and educational activities; programs and courses within the framework of professional development; corporate holidays; team-building activities; monitoring of information resources of the organization; various kinds of social advertising, etc. The author notes that secondary prevention is aimed at preventing the escalation of an existing case of mobbing, minimizing the risk of its recurrence, and providing social and psychological assistance to victims. It is established that the methods of secondary prevention of mobbing include the following: the functioning of special commissions to review mobbing cases; registration of mobbing cases, statistics and monitoring of conflict relations in the team; psychological support for victims of mobbing; consultations and diagnostic interviews; social and psychological training, etc. It is concluded that social prevention of mobbing should comply with the principles of consistency and continuity. Keywords: mobbing, psychological violence, social prevention, primary prevention, secondary prevention, methods of prevention, workplace.

Coping strategies towards mobbing used by medical and nursing staff in the hospitals of the prefecture of Etoloakarnania, Greece

IntroductionThe aim of this study is to investigate mobbing in the Hospitals of Etoloakarnania, Greece. Additionally, this research aims to find out which coping strategies are used by health care professionals who have suffered mobbing and how their quality of life has been affected.ObjectivesThis research aims to depict mobbing phenomenon’s extent and investigate the coping strategies and quality of life of working staff, victims of mobbing.MethodsThe research methodology was based on two questionnaires: LIPT scale and the scale of assessing bullying management strategies, as well as demographic data, which were answered by 130 people. A sufficient sample for the needs of this study to produce comparable results with the existing literature.ResultsMobbing is observed to a large extent of 83.8% , which, however, seems to be at lower levels in relation to corresponding researches abroad. In addition, the majority of respondents who appear to have been harassed at work are mostly women (78.5%), which seems to be in line with global studies. Τhe consultants and the supervisors take advantage of their position of power and impose or change duties on other staff (45.3%), in order to punish their subordinates, exacerbating the phenomenon of mobbing, also. Finally, the participants recognize the phenomenon and look for the majority of positive ways of action (65%), while they do not resort to non-constructive ways of solving the problem.ConclusionsMobbing is a serious phenomenon that affects working staff’s mental health and quality of life. Policies should address effectively this deleterious aggressive behaviour.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

COUNTERACTING MOBBING IN THE PROBATION SERVICE

This article discusses the issues related to the possible causes of mobbing in the professional group of probation officers and the issues of tasks and activities of the probation officer employer in situations related to the phenomenon of mobbing in the probation officer service. Due to the special position of probation in the administration of justice, the author focuses on the tasks of presidents of regional and district courts aimed at counteracting the phenomenon of mobbing. It refers to activities that seem advisable in the event of the initiation of appropriate proceedings and remedial actions in the event of confirmation of mobbing. The issue of mobbing in the probation service has not been covered by a broader analysis so far. The aim of this study was to indicate the tasks incumbent on the presidents of courts as persons performing the tasks of the employer towards the probation officer, related to counteracting the phenomenon of mobbing. It cannot be ruled out that the variety and specificity of tasks entrusted to probation officers, the nature of these tasks and the structure of the location of this group in the structure of the judiciary may cause doubts as to the implementation of tasks related to counteracting mobbing.

Exploring the Effect of Mobbing in Vocational Secondary Schools on Teacher Performance

Recent psychological and physical harm to teachers preventing educational institutions from achieving their objectives has motivated our investigation into the effect of mobbing in vocational secondary schools on the performance of teachers. It has been predicted that the person subject to mobbing may work more efficiently due to higher ambition or fear culture or on the contrary may have a lower performance. Thus, the present study was designed to determine the relationship between mobbing in educational institutions and performance. The study sample consists of 251 teachers; 130 females and 121 males, employed in the vocational secondary schools of the Ministry of National Education in the province of Düzce. The data collection tools used in this study were chosen by taking into account the variables to be measured and included the Personal Information Form which consisted of gender, vocation seniority, branch, educational level, and age information of teachers in secondary schools, the Mobbing Scale consisting of 23 items and developed by Özözen-Danacı (2009), and the Teacher Performance Enhancement Survey, a 5-point Likert scale consisting of 26 items. Results of the study indicated a significant negative relationship between mobbing and performance; female teachers were more exposed to mobbing than male teachers; and, junior teachers suffered the most from mobbing. Awareness of the mobbing phenomenon and necessary preventive measures in education institutions, the informing of teachers and educators and the general consciousness between school personnel about mobbing should be ensured.

Mobbing and its impact on health of nurses – a pilot study

Abstract Aim. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence of mobbing and its health impacts on nurses in the selected hospital. Method. The pilot study was performed from August to September 2020. The group consisted of 84 nurses (return was 56.0%), working in the acute care department in a selected medical facility. NAQ-R (Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised) and GHQ-28 (General Health Questionnaire-28) tools were used. Results. In total 10.50% of nurses experienced mobbing. Mobbing was targeted at the work-oriented and nurse-related areas. The most common descriptive phenomenon of mobbing is the assignment of tasks below the level of competencies. Nurses describing the occurrence of mobbing in the workplace more often reported feelings of constant tension, nervousness and pressure. Conclusions. The occurrence of mobbing in the workplace can affect the health and cause mental and social problems of nurses.

The phenomenon of mobbing among young employees in relation to the size of the organization in Poland

The phenomenon of mobbing among young employees in relation to the size of the organization in Poland

Mobbing in Banks: The Role of Gender and Position on the Process of Mobbing in Banks in Poland and Russia

Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to determine the scale of mobbing in banks, in particular we seek to investigate who is the most frequently a mobber and who is most often affected by mobbing. Approach/Methodology/Design: English and Polish literature from EBSCO, ProQuest, and Emerald databases were used to write the article. The methods that were used for the study were classification trees, the Mann-Whitney test, and descriptive statistics. Findings: This paper presents the results of an empirical study of bank employees in Poland and Russia. The following hypotheses were adopted: 1. Superiors are more likely to be perpetrators of mobbing than employees at the same organizational structure level. 2. Women more often than men report that they are victims of mobbing. Both hypotheses were disconfirmed in the research. Indeed, it turned out that employees at a similar level were more likely to be guilty of mobbing and that men were more often victims of mobbing. Practical Implications: The phenomenon of mobbing is poorly understood, especially in banks. We managed to identify the groups most exposed to mobbing. In these groups, anti-mobbing prevention should be implemented first. Originality/Value: Banks are very reluctant to undertake any research cooperation. The obtained results shed new light on who is being mobbed in general and who is being mobbed in financial institutions. The contribution of this paper is also to propose a mobbing index, which takes into account not only the frequency of mobbing but also its quality aspects, i.e., the various types of mobbing.

Teacher's Experience with Mobbing in Baku Schools and İts Consequences

The phenomenon of mobbing is one of the global problems of modern life which includes unethical behaviors such as harassment, isolation, humiliation, and psychological violence. Mobbing is also occurring in the teaching staff and if mentioned behaviors used continuously, mobbing has a negative impact on the physical and mental health of humans. The study aimed to determine the mobbing behaviors and the characteristics of their impact on teachers. The research sample consisted of 202 teachers working in Baku schools in Azerbaijan. In the survey, Likert scale questionnaires were used as a data collection tool. The findings suggest that it is a mobbing behavior that teachers are most exposed is the "underestimation of work". Most of the negative effects of mobbing on teachers were the work-related effects. It was determined that single teachers compared to married teachers are more exposed to mobbing. Also,was found a statistical difference between work experience and mobbing. In data analysis, a positive and significant relationship was found between mobbing and the negative effects of mobbing ( r=,444; p< .01). If the level of mobbing increases, it becomes a dangerous situation. Thus, it is essential to pay attention to this actual problem and follow recommendations to fight with mobbing and prevent its consequences.

Male and female witnesses of mobbing: Gender difference in experiencing consequences. A cross-sectional study in an italian sample

This study aims to analyze, from a descriptive point of view, the impact of the mobbing phenomenon in male and female self-declared witnesses and the consequences that affect it. To better understand the impact of the phenomenon, a comparison was made among witnesses and non-witnesses. The hypotheses were as follows: i. witnesses are predominantly male; ii. witnesses perceived a higher risk of mobbing than non-witnesses and, as a consequence, iii. witnesses experienced more health problems and work-related stress than non-witnesses. Participants were 574 individuals (43.4% witnesses), 254 (44.3%) male and 320 (55.7%) female. They completed a questionnaire about the risk of mobbing in their organization, the perceived psychological functioning and the perceived work-related stress. Findings showed that male and female witnesses indicated the presence of verbal, physical and psychological violence that characterized the relationship within the organization, the presence of interference in individuals’ private life and/or the presence of excessive control, isolation, remittance, and deskilling that affected their colleagues more often than female non-witnesses did. About perceived health and work-related stress, findings showed that male and female witnesses perceived a higher severity level of mental health problems than non-witnesses. Results from this research could be useful in improving prevention and intervention programmes that permit possible witnesses of mobbing to understand that consequences affect not only victims but also their perceived health, increasing perceived work-related stress.

MOBBING: REASONS, CONSEQUENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Recently, the concept of employee safety has gained an increasing importance. When the topic is employee safety, most of the people only think of physical factors that are exposed in the working environment and psychosocial factors are ignored. One of the issues that should be addressed within the scope of employee safety is the concept of mobbing. Definitions of mobbing in the literature include not only physically aggressive behaviors, but also psychologically aggressive behaviors within the scope of violence. Mobbing can have serious negative consequences at individual, organizational and even social levels. So it is very important to understand the phenomenon of mobbing, to determine its causes and to develop measures. In this review, the concept of mobbing, which is a multidimensional series of social and psychological actions that are common in the workplace, its causes, consequences and measures that can be taken within the scope of mobbing are discussed.

Mobbing process as a psychosocial risk factor in educational groups

The socio-psychological phenomenon of mobbing in educational groups requires a detailed study and identification of new factors and dependencies. The purpose of this study is to analyze statistical information, identify the features of the formation and development of the mobbing process in the student team, and develop relevant techniques for timely response at any stage of the mobbing process. The article discusses the results of research by domestic and foreign authors on the problems of mobbing. A brief overview of the history of the term is given. Participants are identified and the main prerequisites for the formation of the mobbing process are identified. In accordance with the stages of formation and development of mobbing as a socio-psychological phenomenon, the stages in the structure of the mobbing process in educational groups are defined. A diagram of the relationship between objects and subjects of the mobbing process is presented. Based on the analysis, a standard version of the actions of a potential victim of mobbing has been developed. The article considers the mobbing process as a factor that negatively affects the moral and psychological climate of educational groups. The lack of a psychologically healthy climate in the educational team leads to a reluctance to work in a team and a possible decrease in the effectiveness of perception of educational material and involvement in the educational process. The authors note the need to use techniques for timely response at any stage of the mobbing process. An attempt is made to develop tools for potential victims of the mobbing process in educational groups in order to resolve a conflict situation at any stage of the process.

A Psychometric Study of a Spanish Version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised: Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

BackgroundThe NAQ (Negative Acts Questionnaire) has been widely used in more than 40 countries to measure the mobbing phenomenon. This research aims to present a psychometric study based on the Spanish version of the NAQ-R carried out by González-Trijueque and Graña (2013). As opposed to the original scale, this sample contains 23 items and a three-dimension model (personal bullying, work-related bullying, and physically intimidating forms of bullying).MethodsWe used a heterogeneous occupational sample of 2,538 Spanish employees to analyze internal consistency and concurrent validity. In addition, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis was carried out based on the GLS (generalized least squares) method.ResultsResults showed high internal reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.91) and high correlations containing clinical symptoms, burn-out indicators, and coping resources. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis developed upon the heterogeneous occupational sample validates the three-dimension structure in the Spanish version of the NAQ-R aimed to measure harassment behaviors at the workplace.ConclusionThe NAQ-R reaffirms its validity and reliability as a measure for mobbing-related behaviors. Hence, the scale may become a useful tool in research and forensic practice.

Innovations in Human Resources Management: Instruments to Eliminate Mobbing

Mobbing in employees’ relationships is a widely researched and analyzed problem, and the concept is still developing. The deliberations mostly concentrate on negative aspects associated with this phenomenon, e.g., deterioration of the relationships between employees, devastating consequences for victims, deterioration of the company’s performance and image. The research on what managerial solutions can help reduce or eliminate the problem is still, however, not very abundant. Also, though many studies confirm the existence of this phenomenon in different sectors of the economy, there is not so much research on mobbing in relationships between employees in the leisure sector organizations. What is equally important, the dysfunction of relationships between employees includes the factors that have a significant impact not only on the quality of communication but also on the services provided in the organizations providing services. Given this fact, this study deals with the prevalence of mobbing in relationships between employees of the leisure sector organizations, distinguishing the most frequent forms of psychological pressure, and shaping the managerial solutions to eliminate the problem. The results of the qualitative research are presented using a semi-structured interview method. The research sample comprises employees of the Lithuanian hotels. The qualitative data analysis was performed using Emic and Etic approaches. The results achieved show that the dynamics of mobbing in the leisure sector organizations can be related to the economic recession, when the number of customers has decreased, corporate earnings shrunk. It affected the staff policy of organizations; it also shows that the relationship between the employees forming within organizations is significantly exposed to external circumstances, the influence of which could be compensated by the change in personnel policy. The originality of this article is presupposed by the fact that a complex, versatile model of managerial solutions designed to eliminate the phenomenon of mobbing is presented as the main result of the studies carried out. Using the proposed model, the practitioners will be able to look at the phenomenon of mobbing from a different angle, and researchers analyzing destructive relationships between the employees will be able to develop strategies of prevention and intervention of mobbing in relationships between employees based on the model. Keywords: mobbing, employee relations, human resource management, managerial solutions, qualitative methods, Lithuania.

Estudio de Mobbing en una institución de educación superior en Hidalgo

El objetivo de a presente investigación es realizar un estudio para determinar el grado de acoso laboral o mobbing percibido en el personal docente de una Institución de educación superior (IES) pública, ubicada en la parte central del estado de Hidalgo, basada en la postura teórica y conceptual de Leymann. Esta investigación considera la conceptualización del fenómeno del mobbing, desde sus antecedentes, conceptos y estudios en el contexto organizacional. El instrumento que permite la medición del mobbing, sustentado con validez y confiabilidad es el cuestionario denominado LIPT-60 («Leymann Inventory of Psychological Terrorization»). Los resultados obtenidos describen la existencia del mobbing en la institución de educación superior, con valores observados por debajo del nivel 1, específicamente en las subescalas de Desprestigio laboral, Incomunicación, e Intimidación manifiesta. Es por ello que en las instituciones de educación superior es fundamental realizar este tipo de trabajos con la finalidad de identificar, evaluar y conocer si existen riesgos de acoso laboral, para estar en posibilidad si así fuera el caso de disponer de medidas preventivas oportunas. En este contexto, el analizar los resultados permitirá establecer estrategias de prevención para disminuir o erradicar el acoso laboral en esta organización.

THE PROBLEM OF EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE PRISM OF MOBBING

Mobbing is Theoretical and practically emotional terror group above the core. This tipe of violence most often encountered in a professional environment and in every other situation where is a feeling belonging to the group. In the situation where the person is a victim of Mobbing she is losing every public integrity and personal stability and she is becoming the object of persecution of the crowd. There must be groups and a sense of belonging to the group in order to have mobbing. Mobbing rarely occurs in a number of small social groups, made up of members of all major groups, regardless of educational, professional, or professional profiles. The reasons for the phenomenon of mobbing vary from the nature of the work, through organizational causes, to the nature of the relationship between employees. The term mobbing includes all kinds of harassment at the workplace. Mobbing is not a new phenomenon and exists since there is human race and the desire of the individual for the owner. Persistent and prolonged exposure to mobbing significantly compromises the health status of the victim. Health disorders and symptoms that can arise in mobbing are divided into three groups: Changes on a psychic base and emotional sphere, changes on a psychical health plan and changes in a behavior. The victim of mobbing can become every employed person, regardless of gender, year of life, the social status, race, the external appearance, degree of education, and the professional position. The abused person in mobbing is useless, usually in impossibility to defend herself. In our country mobbing is regulated with the law about stopping the abuse on the work 2010. year. Employers are forced to analyze every problem, which has some negative consequences on the productivity and production costs. Research showed that one of the main conditions in the rising costs is mobbing. Conceived as a process of economic restructuring, changes in ownership and increase business efficiency, the transition in all the former socialist countries in the Balkans has produced a number of negative effects. Of these two are drastic: huge number of unemployed and disastrous situation of employees. Almost unique perspective of economic analysts is that mobbing is a fundamental problem employees. Whether it is horizontal or vertical, the victim is forced to perform tasks that impair their health, work and life rights. In a word, it creates an atmosphere that is often employed envy the unemployed, as there are about 45 forms of expression mobbing. About this, evidenced by the authors’ research in the Novi Pazar district.

HOW TO PREVENT AND DEFEND AGAINST MOBBING IN A WORKPLACE?

The phenomenon of mobbing has been recognized by researchers, psychologists, lawyers and legislators as very harmful. However, employees suffering from mobbing in the workplace can be protected in many ways. This article aims to show the most important ways of protecting against mobbing in the workplace. Our work identifies psychological forms of support. We put an emphasis on victim and persecutorpersonalities as well. We also show our recommendations concerning prevention of this form of harassment in an organizational perspective. The next part of the article explains how important is the legal aspect of mobbing and protection of employees’ personal rights: we write about the case-law cited in the Labour Code, the Civil Code and the Criminal Code. Particular emphasis is placed on the Polish labour market.
 JEL classification: M5 Personnel Economics, J7 Labor Discrimination, I1 Health

Mobbing in the in learning space: Causes and Preventive Measures

The articlereveals psychological causes and preventive measures of the emergence mobbing in the educational environment. Phenomenon of the mobbing as a form of psychological violence in relations between the group and the individual.The article reveals the phenomenon of the mobbing as a form of psychological violence in relations between the group and the individual. Theoretical approaches to the definition of the phenomenon of mobbing and its forms. Psychological causes and legal aspects and preventive measures of mobbing in the educational environment. Mobbing and described it as «psychological terror», which includes the systematic recurrence of hostile and unethical behavior of one or more people, directed against another person. According to experts, the most significant characteristic of the phenomenon of mobbing is that it is determined onlywhen there are multiple, but systematic, regular repetitions in behavior and attitude.

Psychometric properties of the workplace psychologically violent behaviors-WPVB instrument. Translation and validation in Greek Health Professionals

BackgroundMobbing exerts severe psychological and occupational effects on the victim. This study aims to validate the Yildirim & Yildirim's Workplace Psychologically Violent Behaviors (WPVB) instrument (2008) in the Greek language in Greece, as cultural variations may result in significantly different perceptions of mobbing.MethodologyA translation process of the WPVB questionnaire scale was followed from the English to the Greek version and a review by a team of experts for its content validity took place, as well. Principal component analysis took place and the Cronbach's index was 0.95. The cross sectional, quantitative study was performed in 1536 health professionals (HPs), working in 11 public hospitals for at least one year with response rate of 76.8%.ResultsFactor analysis revealed two factors, and 31-item construct, compared to the four factors and the 33-item construct of the original version of the tool. All items were found to have a statistically significant correlation (p < 0.001). Median score was 0.48. Whereas 25% of answers score was above 1.00, thus suggesting significant mobbing in around 25% of HPs. Association of WPVBs subscales with sex and occupation are had lower values in women as compared to men. Lower scores on “Attack on personality” and “Total mobbing” score were recorded in nurses as compared to doctors. Doctors had lower scores on “Individual's isolation from work” as compared to administrative personnel, while had greater scores on “Individual's isolation from work” as compared to technicians. Nurses had significantly lower scores on “Attack on professional status”, “Individual's isolation from work”, “Direct attack” and “Total mobbing” score as compared to administrative personnel.ConclusionsThe study highlights that the phenomenon of mobbing exists in Greek HPs regardless of age, gender, level of study and negatively affects their lives. Focusing on improving this area, is expected to promote occupational health and safety of these workers.