Yukarıdan aşşağıya mobbingin liderlik ve örgütsel tutumlarla ilişkisi

The present study has four aims: (1) to explore the effects of different leadershipstyles on mobbing behaviors exhibited, (2) to identify the work-related attitudes ofemployees following exposure to mobbing, (3) to find out the moderating effects ofsocial support from colleagues, and organizational support on the relationship betweenthe mobbing exposure and development of work-related attitudes, (4) to investigate thephenomenon of mobbing in a Turkish sample. Transformational, transactional,authoritarian and paternalistic leadership practices affecting mobbing behaviorsdisplayed, and the work-related attitudes of the victims (i.e. overall job satisfaction,affective and continuance commitment and turnover intention) were investigated. Datafrom 219 white-collar employees from different sectors working under supervisor wasused to test the proposed path model. It was found that mobbing was negativelyassociated with transformational, transactional and paternalistic leaderships andpositively associated with authoritarian leadership. In turn, mobbing was found to berelated to lower job satisfaction, lower affective commitment, higher turnover intentionand higher continuance commitment. Social support from colleagues and organizationalsupport failed to moderate the relationships between mobbing and work-related attitudesof employees. Scientific and practical contributions are discussed along with suggestionsfor future research.Keywords: Downward mobbing, leadership, job satisfaction, turnover intention,organizational commitment, social support, organizational support