The perceptions of teachers on mobbing behavior: the case of secondary school institutions in Battalgazi District

Mobbing is a concept that has been used since the 1960s to engage in disturbing behavior or to practice psychological violence. Mobbing acts can be found in almost every place where people are found, as well as in schools where education is provided. Many different factors can be effective in mobbing acts. The act of mobbing is perceived in different ways according to the personal characteristics of the exposed person due to the fact that the employee considers himself above his other friends, the desire to reach the status of his friend, the fear that his friend can replace him. In the context of the results of the study conducted in order to determine the mobbing perceptions of the employees in the secondary education institutions, there was no statistically significant difference in the exposure to mobbing in terms of the gender, age group, marital status, monthly income, seniority status, service period, working hours, working status of the spouse, the university where he/she studied, the place where the population was registered and the place variables, yet; in the sub-dimension of mobbing according to the level of education, statistically significant differences were found in the sub-dimension of mobbing according to the number of teachers working in the sub-dimension of mobbing and the exclusion sub-dimension of mobbing.