Mobbing among healthcare workers: A review of research findings and methods of struggling

Abstract

Healthcare institutions are organizations with a complex structure where there is a high work stress and it is of utmost importance that services are provided without errors in this complexity.
 Nowadays, when the hospital management becomes increasingly complex, hospital managers are in a position that influences the success of the hospitals the most. While this situation necessitates the managers to use their time in a more rational and efficient manner, giving a senseless workload to the managers would surely negatively affect the individual and organizational productivity (Karsavuran, 2014).
 In other words, exposure of the healthcare professionals to mobbing in the professional life causes depressive symptoms to arise, this situation leading to the individual negatively evaluating the quality of his life. As a result, decrease in the job satisfaction of the individual, low performance and reluctance towards the job occur (Yavuzer and Civilidag, 2014). 
 Therefore, it is proposed to clarify the arrangements that prevent managers from applying psychological abuse to their subordinates when determining the superior-subordinate relationships (Yıldız et al., 2013).
 In this study the titles will include definition of mobbing in health sector, results of mobbing.

Workplace mobbing and intimidation among Slovenian hospital staff nurses: A pilot study

“…Workplace mobbing occurs in all professions, including healthcare, where the occurrence of mobbing is often influenced by excessive stress and high responsibility -which have a great impact on nurses' work in healthcare facilities (Sayılan and Aydın, 2020). Nurses are the healthcare group most vulnerable to mobbing (Carter et al, 2013) and are more likely to experience verbal and psychological violence (Clark, 2019).…”