The workplace mobbing from alleged perpetrators’ point of view: A phenomenological approach

Introduction
According to several studies over the past five years, bullying in the workplace has become one of the alterations to the psychosocial health of origin with the highest incidence in the workplace. It is characterized by a of systematic behavior series, persistent and verifiable aim to generate a severe emotional damage on the employee motivation and encourage them to abandon their work.

Methods
Biography method focus on specific period. Eight leaders with labor management functions were interviewed. They were selected by purposeful sampling; and were identified as mobbing perpetrators by their alleged victims. The thematic analysis was phenomenological with the support of the Atlas.ti V6 software.

Results
Three of the alleged perpetrators identify openly themselves as mobbers. Five describe themselves as strict regulations attached to and demanding of their subordinates. The rest said that they are people strong attached to the institutional rules, also severe and demanding people with their subordinates. They described the mobbing causes is like, occupational context that allows its existence; the strategies, behaviors implies, effects and impact on the victims. They remark their forceful leadership role and like the actual occupational demands allow the mobbing. One of them said that any person could be a perpetrator if the person wants.

Discussion
The alleged perpetrators experience the mobbing like a quotidian situation imply in the occupational demands and in their leadership role. They perceived workplace mobbing causes, effects and strategies as necessary to achieve their personal and institutional goals.