Some sociological aspects of the spread of mobbing among teachers in elementary schools

Prispevek predstavlja raziskavo pojava mobinga v različnih delovnih okoljih slovenske osnovne šole, in sicer na podlagi empiričnih podatkov, zbranih v treh osnovnih šolah kot delovnih organizacijah. Avtorici ugotavljata razlike med šolami glede pogostosti pojavljanja pojava, značilnosti žrtev, vzrokov, zaradi katerih se pojavi, in posledic, ki nastanejo. Podatki empiričnih raziskav psihosocialnih pogojev v šolah kot delovnih organizacijah kažejo, da je vse več zaposlenih žrtev mobinga. Mobing je definiran kot močan socialni stresor v delovnih organizacijah. Napaden posameznik oz. družbena skupina mobing doižvlja kot konfliktno situacijo in komunikacijo na delovnem mestu. Napaden posameznik, žrtev konflikta, je izpostavljen stalnim in dlje časa trajajočim napadom ene ali več oseb na delovnem mestu, z namenom, da ga izrinejo iz delovne organizacije ali mu kako drugače škodujejo. Nad napadeno osebo se izvajajo pritiski, ustrahovanja, osebo se ponižuje, nadleguje ali kako drugače nanjo negativno vpliva.Žrtev zaradi psihičnih obremenitev v večini primerov zboli in pogosto tudi zapusti delovno mesto. Mobing lahko posameznika prizadene do tolikšne mere, da se ni več sposoben vključiti v nobeno delovno okolje. Posameznik posledice najpogosteje doživlja kot stres, raztresenost, težave s koncentracijo in družinske probleme.The paper presents a discussion on the appearance of mobbing in different working environments in Slovene elementary schools. The research is based on empirical facts collected in three different schools as a type work organization. There are some differences between organizations in the frequencies that mobbing appears, victims\u27 characteristics, and the reasons and consequences that appear after the mobbing .The results of the empirical research on the psychosocial conditions in the work place show that more and more teachers as employees are mobbing victims. Mobbing is defined as a very strong social stress factor. Each individual or a social group experiences mobbing as a conflict situation that can involve communication at work. Attacked individuals, the victims of the conflict, are exposed to the permanent and long-term attacks of one or more people at work. The intention of these attacks is to oust the individual from the organization or to harm them in any other way. A lot of pressure is being put on these people and also intimidation, humiliation, molestation or some other negative influences appear. Because of the psychological burden caused by this, the victim usually becomes ill and often leaves the work position. Mobbing can affect the individual in a way that they are no longer capable for fitting in to any new work environment. The most frequent consequences that the victims suffered were: the feeling of being stressed, insomnia, concentration problems and family problems