Prevalence and types of mobbing behavior: A research on banking employees

Authors

  • Sibel Gök

Keywords:

Mobbing, bullying, banking employees, Turkey

Abstract

This article presents a case study of the most frequently observed types of mobbing behavior, the level of exposure to mobbing behavior according to the characteristics of participants and the prevalence of bullying among a group of banking employees in Istanbul, Turkey. 384 participants were assessed by a questionnaire including 18 item mobbing behaviors. The results has shown that exposure to mobbing in this study group is widespread. 32% of the participants were determined to be victims of mobbing (during the entire working life). 16% of participants reported that they had been bullied at their workplaces within the last year. Significant difference was found between the tenure of the participants and their exposure to mobbing. Also, the supervisor was reported as a perpetrator by 69.9% of mobbing victims in the sample.

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Author Biography

Sibel Gök

Sibel GÖK is working in the Departmant of  Labour Economy and Industrial Relations at Marmara University İstanbul. She completed her bachelor degree at Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences in 2005. She graduated Master of Industrial Relations Program from University of Marmara in 1999. Her current research interests include work ethics, organizational communication, organizational health, organizational culture and climate, and bullying at the workplace.

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Published

2011-01-22

How to Cite

Gök, S. (2011). Prevalence and types of mobbing behavior: A research on banking employees. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1), 318–334. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1179

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Labour Economics and Industrial Relation

License

Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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