An Investigation About Cyber-Bullying at Work

Year 2021, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 113 - 120, 16.01.2021

Seda Gökçe Turan

Abstract

With the rise of Internet and technological devices, face-to-face communication has been replaced with online communication and in this case, it has had obvious and severe consequences in the workplace. Through penetration of technology to individuals’ work life, inappropriate behaviors that are called mobbing or workplace bullying could be done at virtual environment and could be reached to so many bystanders at digital environments. Cyber-bullying at work threatens employees in this context regardless of space and time. This situation poses a problem not only for employees but also for institutions and organizations. In this study, the phenomenon of cyberbullying in workplace will be examined in depth.

İşyerinde Siber Zorbalık Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Abstract

Bilişim ve Internet teknolojisi araçlarının kullanımının yaygınlaşması ile birlikte yüz yüze iletişim yerini sanal iletişime bırakmış bu durumunda işyerlerinde belirgin sonuçları olmuştur. Teknolojinin yaygınlaşması ve bireylerin özellikle iş hayatına bu kadar nüfuz etmesiyle birlikte mobbing ya da işyerinde zorbalık olarak adlandırılan davranışlar artık sanal ortamlarda ve çok daha fazla kişiye ulaşacak şekilde yapılabilmektedir. İş yerinde siber zorbalık bu bağlamda çalışanları mekan ve zamandan bağımsız olarak tehdit etmektedir. Bu durum da sadece çalışanlar açısından değil kurum ve organizasyonlar açısından da sorun teşkil etmektedir. Bu çalışmada işyerinde siber zorbalık olgusu derinlemesine incelenecektir.

Keywords

Siber Zorbalık, İşyerinde Siber Zorbalık, Sosyal Medya Kullanımı

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