Mobbing is a concept used by employees and employers to describe repeated and repeated bad behaviors in the workplace. Since these bad behaviors can cause psychological wear on the person, mobbing is also considered as psychological harassment. These bad behaviors can sometimes reach the dimensions of humiliation, verbal threats and even violence. When we look at the terminology of the concept, "mobbing" was first used in the field of biology in the 19th century to describe the behavior of birds flying around the attacker in order to protect their nest from the attacker. Later, in the 60s, it was explained by the social psychologist Konrad Lorenz as a group of small animal groups attacking the stronger and lonelier animal en masse, or the animals in the same brood excluding the weakest among them without food and water, and finally killing them with physical attacks and throwing them out of the group. . The concept of mobbing in the workplace was first introduced to the psychology literature by the German work psychologist Heinz Leymann in the 80s. When we come to today, the concept of mobbing means that employees harass each other with disturbing and unsettling behaviors, treat each other badly, in other words, interpersonal psychological violence behaviors. With the increase of these conflicts and tension in the workplace, it becomes a fundamental problem that disrupts the organizational health of the employees, reduces their job satisfaction and negatively affects their success. Since this situation is permanent, it is possible that individuals who are exposed to mobbing will be pushed out of business life. Mobbing is a process that starts with the person being the target of disrespectful behavior. The victim, who is exposed to the bad behavior of a person or a few people, starts to alienate himself and then his environment at work. This process starts with indifference towards work, boredom, frustration and low performance, and ends with resignation. Psychological disorders that may occur as a result of mobbing are listed below;
*Depression
*Panic attack
*High Blood Pressure
*Tachycardia
*Some psychosomatic symptoms (headache, backache)
*Failure to concentrate
*Eating disorders
*Itching and rashes on the skin
*Gastrointestinal disorders
* Decrease in the immune system
*Lack of self-confidence
*Post-traumatic stress disorder (in severe cases)
Even though mobbing seems to harm a person from the outside, it is actually the individual, the workplace. and impact on society. These negative effects affect each other in a chain way. Therefore, if mobbing is practiced in an environment, everyone in that environment should struggle to stop mobbing. The main steps that can be taken to combat mobbing in the workplace are;
* naming the phenomenon and process experienced
* taking measures
* informing all levels of society.
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