The relationship between teachers’ mobbing behaviors and job satisfaction

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the mobbing behaviors of teachers and their job satisfaction. The study was designed in the survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 375 teachers working in Mugla. The research data were collected the Negative Acts Questionnaire Scale (NAQ) and Job Satisfaction Scale. According to the results, job satisfaction level of the teachers was found to be medium. Teachers’ level of exposure to mobbing behaviors was low. There was an inverse and meaningful relationship between the mobbing behaviors and job satisfaction. The results indicated that teachers’ job satisfaction level didn’t differ significantly according to the variables of gender and the school type, but teachers’ exposure to mobbing behaviors differed significantly in terms of the variables of gender and school type. When female teachers and male teachers were compared, female were determined to be more exposed to the mobbing behaviors. It was also identified that teachers working at vocational high schools were more exposed to the mobbing behaviors than general high schools. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.