Effects of syndicates on struggle of health professionals with mobbing: Sivas Public Hospitals Union example

Mobbing, which means psychological harassment in workplaces, goes long way back, and the concept has been scientifically defined and started to be researched in 1980s. Mobbing; is a systematically continuing, long-term, consciously performed negative actions on the employee. Effects of mobbing influence both the motivation of the employees and the quality of the goods and services produced in the working organization. For this reason, the struggle with mobbing on victim basis will not be sufficient by itself and systematic struggle will be required. The importance of the syndicates is more than considered. Health sector is one of the sectors mostly exposed to mobbing. The point of view of the health professionals towards the syndicates that are supposed to be on the victim's side when struggling with mobbing is important. In this study, the effect of syndicates on the struggle of health professionals with mobbing was investigated. In addition to this, the relationship between the perception of health professionals and various variables is examined comparatively. A descriptive and relational screening model was chosen to test whether the effect of syndicates on the struggle of health professionals with mobbing varied with the demographic characteristics of health professionals or not. Findings obtained as a result of the analyses can be summarized as follows: it has been detected that while the perception that the syndicates have an impact on the struggle of health professionals with mobbing showed a significant difference according to educational status, title, syndicate membership and being pleased with the organization management on mobbing; it did not show any differences according to the gender, age and years of service. Keywords: Mobbing, Syndicate, Management, Struggle