Analysis of mobbing behavior that teachers and managers exposed in primary schools

The purpose of this study is to find out, in accordance with the opinion of teachers and administrative personnel working at elementary schools, individual, organizational and social factors which give rise to mobbing behavior.The study is a modeling survey which covers all teachers and administrative personnel in charge at elementary schools in 2009-2010 national curriculum in seven different geographical regions of Turkey. Selection of sub-universe is based on socioeconomic development level of provinces. Selection of schools from each province is random. At each school, 6 randomly selected survey units included 3 counselors, 2 branch teachers and 1 administrator. The sample size was 1330 persons.Data collection tool has been developed by the researcher himself and based on application practices in 4 districts of the province of Ankara. The collection tool has been used at schools nominated by MEB-EARGED according to specialist view and factor analysis. Collected data is processed into a file in SPSS software environment designed for the purpose. Encoded data has been processed and the outcome has been commented on.Developed by the researcher, the collection tool reflects the qualitative aspect of the survey. Probation questions are designed to reveal causal story. Tool has been applied to 6 persons in two different districts of the province of Ankara. Data representing qualitative aspect has been collected by the researcher. 10 voluntary persons, who have been through mobbing behavior, participated in this component of the survey.Assessment of the data has been made according to frequency, percentage, arithmetical medium statistics, t-test, anova, Mann-Whitney U and Kuruskal Wallis tests .As a result of this research, it has been observed that the most common mobbing behaviors are ?rumors?, ?ignoring? and ?not taken into serious?. It has been deduced that the post graduate managers working in primary schools are exposed to mobbing behaviors more than the graduate?s managers. The male are seen generally as a perpetrator, while the female are seen as victims. Male witnesses act against the mobbing behavior clearly, while the female witnesses choose to support the victims secretly. The female victims act more courageous than male victims on facing the mobbing behavior and look for solutions. In addition, sub-factors that most effected the occurrence of mobbing behaviors are respectively; organizational culture, the personality characteristics of the perpetrator and the personality and the passive character of the victim?s. Besides, it has been observed the most common reasons for the mobbing are; unfair practices in award and punishment, lack of appreciation of the employees by others, and not talking on the problems