Exposure to Mobbing: Perceptions of Primary School Teachers

The general purpose of the present research is to examine teachers’ perceptions of being exposed to Mobbing. The population of the research, in which the screening model is used, consists of teachers working in private and public elementary schools during the 2015-2016 school year. The study group is formed with 305 teachers who were voluntarily participating in the research and working in private and public primary schools in different provinces and districts of Turkey. 168 (55%) of the participants were female and 137 (45%) were male teachers. Emotional Harassment Scale developed by Ocak (2008) was used as data collection tool in the research. The data was collected online via e-mail. According to the findings of the research, elementary school teachers are exposed to Mobbing at a moderate level. In addition, women in terms of gender, married in terms of marital status, and teachers working in private schools as the type of institution, perceived themselves as more exposed to Mobbing than others. Depending on these results, suggestions regarding research and application were presented. Keywords: mobbing, primary school teachers, gender, private and public schools, marital status Note: This article is a revised version of the paper presented at International INES Academic Researches Congress (INES 2016) 3-5 November 2016, Antalya, Turkey