Психология и социология / 12. Социальная психология

К.ф.н. Игебаева Ф.А.

Башкирский государственный аграрный университет, Россия

Mobbing as a social and psychological problem

  Summary:  The article is devoted to one of the greatest challenges of the modern organization – the problem of mobbing. In cases of unfavorable moral-psychological climate in labor collectives, some may experience psychological harassment of the employee by the management of the organization or individual employees. To prevent this phenomenon, the most important role belongs to the leadership of the organization.
  Key words: professional career, moral-psychological climate, mobbing, bullying.
 
  Professional activities are one of the spheres for personal fulfillment when people have a chance to discover and develop their skills, personal and professional qualities, win recognition for their individuality, importance for other people and the whole society. In this regard, great importance is the study and evaluation of moral and psychological environment in the group contributing, or not contributing to self-realization involved in complex labour in agricultural production. Psychological climate of the group is objectively formed on the basis of all numerous relations and connections between some of its members, as reflected in the consciousness of each one and total consciousness of the whole team. [1, p.109].

But if there is unfavorable staff morale a man can face mobbing being a very serious psychological problem in professional career. Mobbing among co-workers is understood as collective psychological oppression, emotional violence, bad treatment used directly or indirectly towards a person by colleagues or management to make them leave or weaken their social or professional influence in the team [2, p.118].

A worker good at their profession being very responsible, initiative and talented is often hounded if they constitute a threat as a potential competitor to other respected worker. A reason of mobbing can be ordinary jealousy for a more successful co-worker, their salary and higher position. Thus there are constant negative statements against the worker, circulation of misleading information, rumors, etc. If this occurs, people being under mobbing suffer heavy pains and get ill.

Too aggressive mobbing is called bullying. Violent bullying can include verbal harassment or threat, indignity, attempts to hurt reputation of the bullied. The bully is often a colleague or the manager. It is a way to assert them, to be promoted, etc. In this case co-workers are with the bully for they are afraid to lose the job, they don’t want to interfere and solve other problems. Sometimes they just keep silence that is keep neutrality because their peace of mind is more important for them [3].

Unfortunately the problem of bullying is less paid attention in our country than abroad. For example, in the USA a special organization called Workplace Bullying & Trauma Institute (WBTI) restudied more than 1200 respondents having been victims of mobbing (bullying). As the result of the investigations it was found:

Ø more often women become mobbing victims;

Ø bullies are mostly men than women;

Ø men are more often bullied by male colleagues;

Ø women are mostly oppressed by female co-workers;

Ø about 25% of mobbing take place behind closed doors and is followed by information leakage in the form of rumors, gossip and wool gathering;

Ø other 25% really happens behind closed doors without any witness;

Ø more often men use administrative resources and their managerial power while women use social contacts within the company;

Ø the most common effects of mobbing are: stress, paranoia, headaches, feeling of distance/rejection, shame and feeling of guilty, doubt;

Ø out of the company mobbing aftereffect often include nightmares, insomnia, absent-mindedness, changes in weight, excessive alcohol, cigarette, medicine and food intake;

Ø mostly mobbing is aimed to force a person out of the workplace;

Ø negative effect is still on even if the bullied left the job for another place or much time has passed.

Mobbing as a social phenomenon in companies can reduce efficiency of any enterprise. Moreover mobbing can last as long as it is let. Enterprise management plays an important role in preventing this event. If they insist on following common decencies, respect of human dignity, high moral standards at the workplace as well they create the atmosphere of care, provide valid estimate of personnel labor according to the end results there will be no mobbing and bullying [4, p. 423].

References:

1. Igebaeva F.A. The importance of socio-psychological factor in the development of agricultural enterprises. //Problems and prospects of sustainable development of agriculture. Materials of scientific-practical conference. Saratov, 2011. – pp. 109 – 110.

2. Igebaeva F.A. Problem of mobbing and professional career. Studies of innovative perspectives of the society and developing ways of its strategic growth. Proceedings of the International science-to-practice conference. In 2 volumes. Volume 1. Kursk, 2011, pp. 118 –119.

3. Igebaeva F.A.,Hisbyllin R.A., Mobbing - psychological problem of the professional career of the individual // NovaInfo.Ru, 2016, T.1, №56, С.420-425.

4. Internet resource. Available at: http://www.elitarium.ru/2010/11/24/mobbing_profilaktika.html