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Abstract: Today, we are increasingly facing the phenomenon called mobbing. A phenomenon which was first observed in animals, the mobbing has also occurred in social groups, within the professional framework. This phenomenon refers to the emotional abuse at the work place. Researchers in the field have reached the conclusion that mobbing is present within organizations having a weak management system, a bad organization and a bad organizational system. The persons dealing with these abuses are generally creative, intelligent and integral individuals. The mobbing is manifested in four phases: the first one can be encountered in any organization - conflicts, struggle for power, or divergences of opinion. The unsolved component of conflicts turns into mobbing. The second phase leads to the breaking of the victim’s mental balance, stress symptoms appear, confidence and self esteem drop. In the third phase, the targeted individuals are defenseless, the organization management fails to intervene in the solving of the dispute, due to the victim’s preconception of guilt. In some organizations, this can even lead to a legal case. In the fourth phase, stigmatization occurs, social isolation and the victim’s status of inferiority. In other states, there are especially assigned laws, against the mobbing phenomenon. Even though this behavior is visibly present, in Romania, there is no law against the individual practicing this behavior or supporting the person targeted by it. From a legal point of view, in Romania, the mobbing or psychological harassment are not punishable, only the sexual harassment is. The Directives of the European Union related to this matter are rather vague, and the dispositions are mostly targeting discrimination issues, such as: disability, sexual, religious or racial discrimination etc.
Keywords: mobbing, behavior, work place, communication, sports |
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