title: Mobbing in Schools and Hospitals in Uruguay: Prevalence and Relation to Loss of Status.
abstract: In the present study in secondary schools and hospitals in Uruguay ( N = 187), we examined the relationship between feeling the victim of mobbing and a perceived loss of status. Nearly all forms of mobbing were more prevalent among hospital employees than among school employees. Among hospital employees, 40.4%, and among school employees, 23.9% reported being the victim of mobbing at least once a week. Being the victim of mobbing was, in both hospitals and schools, more prevalent among older employees, and in hospitals, among employees who were more highly educated and who had been employed for a longer time. Men and women did not differ in reporting that one was a victim of mobbing, but men reported more perceived loss of status than women. However, among women, being the victim of mobbing was much more strongly related to experiencing a loss of status than among men. Several explanations for this gender difference and the practical and theoretical implications of the results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Groningen, The Netherlands.|2 University of Curaçao, Willemstad, Curaçao.
authors.forename: Abraham P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Buunk
authors.affiliation: 3 Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pieternel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
authors.affiliation: 4 University of Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zurriaga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058445:Bullying; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception; D014583:Uruguay
keywords: culture; mobbing; status