Abstract:
The present research aimed to investigate non-ethichal behaviors and mobbing to which academic staff in universities are subjected. Twelve the academic staff who were subjected to mobbing in universities in Turkey were interviewed. The research was formed in a qualitative design. Results show that the metaphors that the instructors use to liken their administrators such as the components of organizational culture are negative organizational stories, lack of organizational heroes, reduced of organizational faithfulness, organizational ceremonies consisting of formalities, weakness of organizational moral codes of conduct, lack of positive role-models as examples, availability of the administrators who are impossible to discuss about, organizational prestige loss, insufficiency of organizational language, emotion and understanding demonstrated that a very weak organizational culture is available, and at the same time negative organization culture trigger psycho-violence.