Mobbing: A Study in the Spanish Educational Sector

Abstract

This study aims to analyze mobbing or harassment at work, and its relations with various variables related to the person, interactions in labor settings, and organizational behavior that can be predictors or consequents of harassment in the educational sector. The methodology is correlational and cross-sectional, using self-report type scales in a sample of 103 participants. Some of the proposed relations and effects have been confirmed in this study. Through SEM-mediation analysis, the direct effect of organizational tolerance on mobbing is confirmed, which can explain up to 20 % of the variance in NAQ scale, as well as the variables, level of studies and genre. Equally, the effect of mobbing on health is confirmed. The proposed model explains 25 % of the variance in self-report of health. It is remarkable the high incidence of mobbing in this sample. This study tries to provide information that helps organizations develop policies oriented to improve the workplace regarding mobbing.