Psihološke karakteristike pojave i širenja mobinga
Psychological characteristics of the occurrence and expansion of mobbing

Summary/Abstract: The paper shows the results of the individual research on the perception of the factors which contribute to the occurrence and expansion of mobbing. The aim of this research is defined as the empirical verification of the data on the consolidation of the relation between psychological characteristics and perception of the factors which contribute to the occurrence and expansion of mobbing. The research was realised on the adequate stratified sample of 411 employees in private and public firms and organizations. We tested the hypothesis of the significant differences in the perception of the factors which contribute to the occurrence and expansion of mobbing regarding psychological characteristics of the examinees. Within the variety of psychological characteristics, as independent variables we singled out emotional competence, self-respect, belief in justice, loneliness and authoritative style of the family upbringing. The factors which contribute to the occurrence and expansion of mobbing are organized in three categories: factor of the personality of manager, factor of the acceptance of the situation and factors of tradition. We used adequate measure instruments with satisfying metrical characteristics: the perception of the factors which contribute to the occurrence and expansion of mobbing scale, emotional competence scale, self-respect scale, belief in justice scale, loneliness scale and authoritative style of upbringing scale. The acquired results indicate that the initial hypothesis is only partially confirmed, regarding the following: - there are significant differences in the perception of the factors which contribute to the occurrence and expansion of mobbing regarding the level of the belief in justice and self-respect, while regarding other questioned characteristic of the examinees there are no difference in the perception of the factors of the personality of manager; - there are no significant differences in the activity of the factor of the acceptance of situation regarding the questioned psychological characteristics of the examinees; - there are no significant differences in the perception of the factors of tradition regarding the questioned psychological characteristics of the examinees.

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