TY - JOUR
T1 - A study on "mobbing" in maritime field
T2 - a case study in the Turkish maritime industry
AU - Kum, Serdar
AU - Ertas, Yildiray
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Nowadays, there are many reasons for people to be stressful and restless in their working environments. One of the reasons leading to this situation is known as "mobbing". The term "mobbing" means "bullying of an individual by a group". It usually happens among employees. The main effects of mobbing are the generation of stress and reduction of employee performance at work. In general, research shows that mobbing is particularly common in the public sector. The aim of this research is to understand the frequency of mobbing on employees in the Turkish maritime industry as a case study. In this study, a questionnaire survey on ship, shipyard, public and private company workers was applied to understand how often employees are exposed to mobbing. After analysing the results, it is also aimed to obtain information about the reasons and causes of mobbing, and then we can get some advice for this issue.
AB - Nowadays, there are many reasons for people to be stressful and restless in their working environments. One of the reasons leading to this situation is known as "mobbing". The term "mobbing" means "bullying of an individual by a group". It usually happens among employees. The main effects of mobbing are the generation of stress and reduction of employee performance at work. In general, research shows that mobbing is particularly common in the public sector. The aim of this research is to understand the frequency of mobbing on employees in the Turkish maritime industry as a case study. In this study, a questionnaire survey on ship, shipyard, public and private company workers was applied to understand how often employees are exposed to mobbing. After analysing the results, it is also aimed to obtain information about the reasons and causes of mobbing, and then we can get some advice for this issue.
KW - bullying
KW - mobbing in maritime
KW - occupational victimisation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028663146&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5603/IMH.2016.0044
DO - 10.5603/IMH.2016.0044
M3 - Article
C2 - 28009385
AN - SCOPUS:85028663146
SN - 1641-9251
VL - 67
SP - 248
EP - 254
JO - International maritime health
JF - International maritime health
IS - 4
ER -