The mobbing behavior in secondary schools and differences by province

Abstract

The aim of present study is to investigate whether or not mobbing experienced in secondary education institutions in different regions of Turkey differ from each other. This study employed a survey research model. The sample of the study consists of 415 teachers. “Negative Acts Questionnaire” (NAQ) was used as a data collection tool. This scale was developed by Einarsen and Raknes (1997) and adapted to Turkish by Aydın and Öcel (2009). As a result, mobbing that teachers experience in secondary education schools in the city of Adana is the highest compared to other cities. Teachers working in schools in Balıkesir and Kütahya experience mobbing the least. The most common type of mobbing was found to be “Hiding from you the information that can improve your performance” and the least common type of mobbing was found to be “Implying that you need to leave your job”. There is no statistically significant difference between age groups and gender. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.