Izvorni znanstveni članak
Harassment in Workplace Among School Teachers: Development of a Survey
Andrea Russo
; University Center for Professional Studies, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Ranko Milić
; Split Healthy City Association, Split, Croatia
Bojana Knežević
; University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Rosanda Mulić
; Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Jadranka Mustajbegović
; Department for Environmental and Occupatinal Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Aim To develop a questionnaire on harassment in the workplace
among teachers at primary and secondary schools. Methods We analyzed the existing questionnaires on harassment in the workplace and developed a new one was to specifically address harassment
of teachers in the public education sector. The questionnaire
was then experimentally applied to a sample of 764 primary and secondary school teachers in Split Dalmatia County, Croatia. It included three scales –exposure to harassment, witnessing harassment, and disturbance by harassment. Validity of the three scales was examined by factor analysis. Results All three scales showed satisfactory metric characteristics: Cronbach α coefficient was 0.93 for exposure scale, 0.95 for witnessing scale, and 0.97 for disturbance scale. Out of 764 teachers surveyed, 164 (22.4%) were exposed to and 192 (31.7%) witnessed different kinds of harassment in the previous 12 months. There were significantly more of those who experienced harassment as witnesses (χ2 1 = 249.301;
P < 0.001) than as direct victims. Eighty-six teachers (11.5%) reported having psychological and 76 (10.1%) physical health problems caused by their work. Exclusion as a consequence of harassment disturbed women more than men (χ2 1 = 5.27; P = 0.022). Those who were exposed to harassment had significantly lower median age (42; range 23- 68) than those who were not exposed (45; range 23-65) (U = 31401.50; z = 2.129; P = 0.033).
Conclusion The questionnaire registered wide spectrum of harassment
types, indicating the need for continuous monitoring and systematic
work on the prevention of these phenomena. The study showed that
exposure to harassment is associated with age, indicating that younger teachers should be the target population for detection and prevention of workplace harassment.
Ključne riječi
detection; harassment; workplace; questionnaire; teacher; school
Hrčak ID:
29268
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.8.2008.
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