The Experience and Aceptance of Mobbing and Negative Workplace Behaviours in Poland and Spain – Comparative Study Results
The Experience and Aceptance of Mobbing and Negative Workplace Behaviours in Poland and Spain – Comparative Study Results

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents results ofa quantitative study conducted on two matching samples of administrative employees in Poland (N=149) and Spain (N=148) in the year 2014. The research aimed to compare the prevalence of mobbing, different mobbing styles and particular negative workplace behaviours’ experience and acceptance. The original psychometric instrument for diagnosing mobbing, the SDM Questionnaire (anda Spanish version of the tool) was used in the study. The instrument had been standardized, validated and provided consistent and reliable results. It consists of 2 main scales:a scale of mobbing behaviours (43 items; α Cronbach: 0.96) anda scale of emotional reactions (21 items; α Cronbach: 0.97). The mobbing behaviour scale is built of three subscales (the result of factor analysis), each of high reliability (α Cronbach: 0.927; 0.932; 0.803). Moreover,a 43-item scale of negative workplace behaviours’ acceptance (constructed on the bases of the SDM-IDM scale items) was implemented in the study. The obtained results are indicative of prevailing similarities between the researched samples in reference to the experienced mobbing types and prevalence. Nevertheless, some interesting differences between the countries were also found in reference to experiencing and accepting particular negative workplace behaviours.

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