Mobbing in Slovenia

prevalence, mobbing victim characteristics, and the connection with post-traumatic stress disorder

Damijan Mumel (Author), Sanja Jan (Author), Sonja Treven (Author), Domen Malc (Author)

Abstract

An increasing number of organizations face the problem of mobbing, which represents a serious, widespread problem with numerous consequences for victims, organizations, and society. We also recognize the connection this phenomenon has with the emergence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD poses one of the most critical consequences for victims of mobbing, who mostly consist of employees at lower organizational levels. Our research focuses on the prevalence of mobbing in Slovenia, its correlation to PTSD, and some differences in the subjective and objective assessments of being exposed to mobbing. We found that the prevalence of mobbing in Slovenia can be compared to some previous assessments as well as data from other countries. Among the studyʹs participants, 24% could be classified as regular victims of mobbing. For the first time, we link mobbing with PTSD using a Slovenian sample. We also recorded some interesting differences between subjective and objective assessments of mobbing, thereby indicating the importance of subjective conceptualizations of mobbing acts, which should be investigated in greater detail in future research.

Keywords

mobbing;post-traumatic stress disorder;prevalence;subjective and objective assessment;workplace health;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2015
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM EPF - Faculty of Economics and Business
UDC:	331.47:343.4(497.4)
COBISS:	11941404
ISSN:	0547-3101
Parent publication:	Naše gospodarstvo
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Mobing v Sloveniji
Secondary abstract:	Organizacije se vse pogosteje soočajo z mobingom. To je resen in predvsem razširjen problem. Že dolgo poznamo tudi njegovo povezavo s posttravmatsko stresno motnjo. Za žrtve mobinga, med katerimi so najpogosteje zaposleni na nižji organizacijski ravni, je ta motnja je ena najresnejših težav. Z raziskavo smo želeli ugotoviti razširjenost mobinga v Sloveniji, raziskati njegovo povezanost s posttravmatsko stresno motnjo ter proučiti razlike med subjektivnimi in objektivnimi ocenami izpostavljenosti mobingu. Naše ugotovitve kažejo, da je prevalenca mobinga v Sloveniji primerljiva s podatki iz prejšnjih merjenj pa tudi s podatki za druge države. Med udeleženci raziskave je kar 24 % takih, ki se uvrščajo v skupino rednih žrtev mobinga. Prvič potrjujemo njegovo povezavo s posttravmatsko stresno motnjo na slovenskem vzorcu. Zabeležili smo tudi zanimive razlike med subjektivnimi in objektivnimi ocenami, ki kažejo na pomen subjektivne konceptualizacije dejanj mobinga.
Secondary keywords:	mobing;stres;delovno okolje;zdravje na delovnem mestu;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 3-12
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ61
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ1
Chronology:	2015
DOI:	10.1515/ngoe-2015-0001
ID:	9599397