Examing and defining mobbing and work harassment

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to read, examine, understand and prove that verbal violence (abuse), bullying or Mobbing and aggression displayed in workplaces does exists. In this study will present and carry out mostly through references and systematic researches related to work harassment as well as through the analytical study of the existing studies from Greek and foreign bibliography. In Cyprus there is a high level of mobbing even though people in 2019 still afraid to expose and face their problem. There is a believe though that this is a something to newly created in our days. On the contrary, history confirms that this topic stands from the beginnings of human employment business. Many researchers, over the past twenty years, have tried to examine and understand the reasons causing the work harassment behaviors and the impact that might have on both employees and the company itself. Research says that the number of working harassment - Bullying or mobbing incidents to employees are increasing rapidly yearly, while the examination of the factors that drives to some people on this kind of intimidating behavior and the serious consequences that this causes might have on the mental health of the workers and on the well-being of a company, make it imperative of taking direct measures to prevent and overcome this problem.