Bullying at forest products industry in turkey

This study investigates the prevalence of exposure to workplace bullying in the forest products industry in Turkey. A total of 2000 questionnaires are given to the employees in the randomly chosen company. Leymann Inventory of Psychological Terror (LIPT) scale which consists of 45 categories of acts of bully-ing was used. The results show that 13.2% of employees were bullying victims during the previous six month and suffer from hostile behaviours at workplace and 19.2% of employees were the witnesses of bullying. In the study, the negative communication factor was determined the most important behaviour group for defining of bullying. Bullying becomes very important in business life and many studies are applied about it. However, there are not enough studies about bullying in forest products industry.This study investigates the prevalence of exposure to workplace bullying in the forest products industry in Turkey. A total of 2000 questionnaires are given to the employees in the randomly chosen company. Leymann Inventory of Psychological Terror (LIPT) scale which consists of 45 categories of acts of bully-ing was used. The results show that 13.2% of employees were bullying victims during the previous six month and suffer from hostile behaviours at workplace and 19.2% of employees were the witnesses of bullying. In the study, the negative communication factor was determined the most important behaviour group for defining of bullying. Bullying becomes very important in business life and many studies are applied about it. However, there are not enough studies about bullying in forest products industry.

Workplace Bullying ,

LIPT ,

Forest Products Industry ,

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'deki orman ürünleri sanayi iş yerlerinde psikolojik tacize ne kadar sıklıkta maruz kalındığını araştırılmaktadır. 2000 anket rastgele seçilen şirketlerdeki çalışanlara verilmiştir. Psikolojik tacizin 45 kategorisini içeren Leymann Psikolojik Terör Envanteri (LIPT) ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar; çalışanların %13,2'sinin altı ay boyunca psikoloji taciz kurbanı olduğunu ve işyerindeki düşmanca davra-nışlara maruz kaldığını ve %19,2'sinin psikolojik tacize şahit olduğunu göstermektedir. Çalışmada; olumsuz iletişim faktörü, psikolojik tacizi tanımlamada en önemli davranış grubu olarak belirlenmiştir. Psikolojik taciz, iş hayatında önemli bir yer kaplamaya başlamıştır ve bu konuda birçok çalışma yürütülmektedir. Fakat orman ürünleri sanayinde psikolojik taciz hakkında yeterli çalışma yoktur.

İşyeri Psikolojik Tacizi, ,

LIPT, ,

Orman Ürünleri Sanayi ,