Mobbing in organizations: The typological-strategic approach

Abstract

The dynamics of changes in social relations in Ukraine, despite complaints about their morbidity, inconsistency, slowness, is still accelerating. This leads, among other things, to intensification of competitiveness in the labour market. On the one hand, the objective nee d for competent specialists able to work in accordance with modern professional requirements grows, and on the other hand, it triggers personal motivation to preserve and enhance own status, prestige, influence on other people, control over own life, etc. Contradictions exists between the interest of society in maximal progressive transformations and enhanced production productivity, as well as in improved state and corporate governance, better education, science, culture, medicine, stronger defence and law enforcement agencies, etc., from one side, and an ordinary citizen’s personal, often subconscious, resistance to “start a causal series form him/herself”, his/her naturally predisposed tendency to minimize efforts, from the other side; these contradiction s generate tension in the professional environment, leads to conflicts and their non - constructive devolution, such as mobbing 1 . Paradoxically, people encounter mobbing during the most productive period of their lives, when they acquire a profession, gain p rofessional experience and reach the tops of their professional skills, the so - called, acme - period. It is assumed that professional development, as a rule, is synchronized with personal maturity that is characterized by a developed axiological sphere, pros ocial behaviour, 1 Karpenko Z. S. (2012) Prykladna konfliktolohiia [ Applied Conflictology ]: navch. - metod.posib. Ivano - Frankivsk: IFOTsPPK. (in Ukrainian). 50 ability for civic solidarity and adherence to ethical standards. However, in reality, we can see often de - synchronization of subject - activity (professional) and motivational - value (personal) lines of acme - genesis, which is the significant socio - economic, organizational - industrial and personal problem 2 . The purpose of this theoretical exploration is to model conceptually the causes of mobbing at labour collectives, to build the typology of mobbing and mobbers, and to classify strategies prev enting and counteracting mobbing, inter alia, through the correction of a personal life scenario