Psychological Mobbing at Workplaces

Abstract

In this study, the concept of mobbing is examined and by necessary literature reviews mobbing dimensions are discussed. The verb “Mob” means "to attack, to disturb". Leymann defines mobbing as one or more people’s putting a victim in a helpless and defenceless situation as a result of ceaseless hostile and unethical behaviours which are systematically applied "(Oktay, 2006: 5). Psychological harassment (mobbing) is a workplace problem that is conducted systematically against work ethics in workplaces where employees are likely to encounter in all cultures and countries regardless of age, gender, seniority, or hierarchical position. Mobbing is emotional and is an attack. It is a psychological terror, which is systematically applied by one or more people to another person in a systematic way with hostile and immoral methods. Individual mobbing, which affects the individual spiritually and physically, reduces the efficiency of the work and affects negatively the people mainly the family in the individual's environment. Mobbing is a psychological attack. At the same time, it was indicated that it was a situation that could be prevented and it was emphasized that it was possible to cope with mobbing with positive thinking