title: Nurses' perceptions of individual and organizational political reasons for horizontal peer bullying.
abstract: Nurses are exposed to bullying for various reasons. It has been argued that the reason for bullying can be political, meaning that the behavior occurs to serve the self-interests of the perpetrators. This study aims to identify how nurses perceive the relevance of individual and political reasons for bullying behaviors. In February 2009 a survey was conducted with nurses working in a research and training hospital located in Turkey. The results showed that the aim of influencing promotion, task assignments, performance appraisal, recruitment, dismissal, allocation of equipment and operational means, together with allocation of personal benefits and organizational structure decisions, were perceived as potential political reasons for bullying by nurses. Moreover, the reasons for the various bullying behaviors were perceived as relevant to individual characteristics, namely, the perpetrators' need for power, and their psychological and private life problems.
authors.affiliation: Izmir University of Economics, Balcova Izmir, Turkey. alev.katrinli@ieu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Alev
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katrinli
authors.forename: Gulem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Atabay
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gunay
authors.forename: Burcu Guneri
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Cangarli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D058445:Bullying / Q000145:classification / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology*; D002322:Career Mobility; D015984:Causality; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations / Q000941:ethics; D009042:Motivation; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey