The effects of mobbing (bullying) on health employes

Abstract

The research was made as cross-sectional and descriptive in order to examine the effects of mobbing (bulling) on health employees in Ataturk State Hospital in Balikesir city. Preliminary of the study was completed in December 2012 - January 2013, collecting data was made on January 28-2013 and March 28-2013 and between April, May and June 2013 data entry, analyses and writing of thesis was made. Research universe is 911 people who work as actively in Atatiirk State Hospital in Balikesir city. The sample of research consists 238 health employees who were obtained by using sample costing formula on situations in which the universe is definite. While collecting the data, socio-demographic properties of health personnel, public survey which is consisted 3 section in order to define the effects between mobbing behavior and encountering situations. The data obtained after the research was analyzed with SPSS 19,0 Windows program (Statistical Package fort he Social Sciences). While assessing the data, number-percentage counting and chi-square importance test was used. In the study, it was determined that health employees were exposed to mobbing behaviors in different frequencies and had effects of mobbing from time to time. It was determined that the jobs of health of employees, their genders, marital status, sections they work, the situation of being happy while working at the time being and properties of personality are effective on the situation of being exposed to mobbing behavior (p<0,05) It was defined that nurse and midwife, women, married ones, employees in operating room, intense care, emergency services, the ones who are happy to work at the time being, 'ambitious and hardworking' and emotional ones were exposed to mobbing behavior. As a result, mobbing is a topic which should be think and seen frequently in health sector. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.