The Relationship Between Sociodemographic Characteristics, Work Conditions, and Level of “Mobbing” of Health Workers in Primary Health Care

Abstract

Mobbing is a type of violence which occurs in workplaces and is classified under the community violence subgroup of interpersonal violence. The aim of this study is to examine health care workers who work in primary health care in the city of Mugla and to determine whether there is a relationship between sociodemographic characteristics, work conditions, and their level of mobbing. A cross-sectional analysis has been conducted in which 130 primary health care workers were selected. Of the 130, 119 health workers participated, yielding a response rate of 91.5%; 83.2% of health workers are female, 42.9% are midwives, 27.7% are nurses, and 14.3% are doctors. In all, 31.1% of health workers have faced with "mobbing" in the last 1 year, and the frequency of experiencing "mobbing" of those 48.6% of them is 1 to 3 times per year. A total of 70.3% of those who apply "mobbing" are senior health workers, and 91.9% are female. The frequency of encountering with "mobbing" was found significantly in married health workers, in those 16 years and above according to examined total working time, in those who have psychosocial reactions, and in those who have counterproductive behaviors. It has been discovered that primary health care workers have high prevalence of "mobbing" exposure. To avoid "mobbing" at workplace, authorities and responsibilities of all employees have to be clearly determined.

Workplace Harassment and Depression in Mental Health Nurses: A National Survey from Cyprus

“…The results of the present study showed that there was no correlation between gender and the victims of workplace harassment since both males and females were exposed to workplace harassment at a similar rate. Similar findings have also been reported by other researchers [43,45,47]. On the other hand, based on the results of other studies, females were shown to have a higher exposure to workplace harassment than males [40].…”

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Mobbing in a Non-Profit Organisation

“…For example, Picakciefe, Acar, Colak, and Kilic (2015) showed that 31.1% of health workers have experienced mobbing in the last year. Similarly, the results of Gök (2011) showed that among their respondents 32 % were victims of mobbing during the entire working life and 16 % of participants within the last year.…”

Management culture and mobbing in a social organisation: whether a special status provides a guarantee of safety

“…The analysis of scientific literature has failed to detect analogous integrated models that would be offered in the development of the culture of management to deal with questions of the prevention of mobbing in social enterprises. Other studies carried out in organisations operating in different areas examine narrower questions, to which the suggestions are oriented as well; for example, to define the responsibilities more precisely (Picakciefe, Acar, Colak, & Kilic, 2015), to shape the staff-oriented culture and to increase awareness of companies of the problems of harassment (Bailien et al, 2011a), to give attention to improving conflict management style is also emphasised (Baillien, Notelaers, De Witte, & Matthiesen, 2011b), and to implement prevention and management programmes (Stagg & Sheridan, 2010). However, in this research, attention is drawn to the fact that persons who work in social enterprises can have special physical needs, and so elimination of mobbing and other negative relationships is impossible without a systematic approach, which is emphasised by the management culture.…”