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Alongside physicians, nurses are at risk of encountering workplace mobbing. According to Heinz Leymann, nurses work in the context of two hierarchies of command; one under a supervising doctor and one under a chain of supervisory nurses (Leymann 1996). In this social context there plenty of room for destrunctive behaviour. Resources in this section address workplace violence and mobbing among nurses and nurse teaching staff.

Mobbing in the Workplace by Peers and Managers: Mobbing Experienced by Nurses Working in Healthcare Facilities in Turkey and its Effect on Nurses

This descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted by Aytolan Yildirim and Dilek Yildirim investigates the emotional, social, and physiological effects of mobbing experience by nurses.		  

Mobbing Behaviours Encountered by Nurse Teaching Staff

This study, conducted by Aytolan Yildirim and Dilek Yildirim, investigates the mobbing experiences of nurse teaching staff.

Joy-Stealing Games

Kathleen Heinrich examines nurse teaching staff experiences with harassment and negative disrespectful behaviour. Analyzing similarities in experiences, Heinrich boils it down to ten "joy-stealing games" or methods of manipulation in the workplace.		  

Lateral Violence: Nurse Against Nurse

Patricia A. Rowell describes the concept of lateral violence in nursing and goes on to explain ways of recognizing it and correcting it in the workplace.

 

Like Wolves in a Pack: Predatory Alliances of Bullies in Nursing

This article describes the presence of "predatory alliances" among nurses. The measures used by these alliances mirrors the methods described in the mobbing literature. In particular the role of systematic aggression "disguised as legitimate authority and institutional process" is very similar to the experiences observed in cases of mobbing.

 

  

Measuring Mobbing Experiences of Academic Nurses: Development of a Mobbing Scale

Researchers in this study developed a reliable and valid scale for measuring the experiences of academic nurses.

Silent Hell: Workplace Violence and Bullying

Charmaine Hockley describes workplace violence among female nurses. She provides an insightful take on the experiences of female nurses.

  

Suicide Factory (coming soon in English)

Heinz Leymann teamed up with Annelie Gustafsson to tell the stories of 21 nurses who committed, or thought of committing, suicide after being mobbed at work.