Abstract:

Mobbing (Harassment in the Workplace) is considered as a psychological terror by colleagues or superiors to indivudals in a sistematic and repeated manners. This process starts with disrecpectful behaviors and the victim becomes the target of harmful actions and to be attacked by the other employers or supervisors. Eventhough mobbing is a common phenomenon in all over the world, frequency in our country has been reported higher than European countries. Therefore; in the present study a conceptual description of mobbing with reasons is provided with the prevelance and incidence rates. Mobbing process is explained, demografic characteristics of victicms and psychological and physiological effects on the individuals are explored. The most recent studies conducted in Turkey were reviewed here as well.

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