Early predictors of workplace mobbing

1. Sociometric test followed by semi-structured interviews with the members of a department offered an “in progress view” of the phenomenon.2. Theoretical analysis of organizational culture models and characteristics prone to mobbing were helpful in conceptualizing mobbing and preparing interviews.3. Semi-structured interviews with mobbing victims from different organizations were analyzed to find out how subjects define post-factum the early predictors of mobbing and provide solutions for the problem.