Mobbing in academy: Have mobbing really happened to assistants?

Taşseven, Özlem (Dogus Author)In today’s dynamic and complex environment it is hard to compete and become a successful organization. Employees are the main sources of competitive advantage. To be competitively successful today’s organizations must eliminate all work-related negative factors. Mobbing is one of the significant work-related factors. Mobbing can be considered as the most problematic factor that should be prevented. It is an extreme form of social stress factor at work place. The basic characteristic of social stress factors is that they are related to the social relations of employees within the organization