The incidence of workplace bullying in Czech teachers

Workplace bullying is a subtle manifestation of disturbed relationships in the workplace and it is considered an extreme type of social stressor at work. The present study verifies a psychological survey on a sample of N = 258 teachers in the Czech Republic, using a questionnaire of negative acts NAQ-R (Negative Act Questionnaire-Revised) and a status questionnaire. According to stringent evaluation criteria, the highest prevalence of workplace bullying of 7.75% was determined by means of behavioral measurement; according to self-evaluation measurement the prevalence was 2.33%; the lowest prevalence of workplace bullying of 1.94% was obtained by combining the behavioral and self-evaluation measurements.