Mobbing, Gender Roles, and Job Satisfaction Among Healthcare Radiation Workers: A Cross-Cultural Study

Workplace mobbing represents a psychosocial occupational hazard for healthcare radiation workers and highlights the need to consider gender and cultural factors in radiology departments. This study examines the links between mobbing, gender role attitudes, and job satisfaction among healthcare radiation workers and compares these across Türkiye and Romania.

In this cross-sectional, culturally comparative study, 191 healthcare radiation workers (Türkiye: n = 104; Romania: n = 87) completed surveys assessing the Gender Roles Attitude Scale, Mobbing Scale, and Job Satisfaction Scale. Group comparisons were conducted using independent-samples tests, and correlations were assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Hierarchical multiple linear regression was used to identify predictors of job satisfaction.

In Türkiye, job satisfaction was negatively associated with mobbing scores (r = -0.551, p < 0.001). In Romania, job satisfaction was positively associated with gender role attitudes (r = 0.346, p < 0.001) and negatively associated with mobbing scores (r = -0.501, p < 0.001). In addition, gender role attitudes were negatively associated with mobbing scores (r = -0.398, p < 0.001).

These findings demonstrate that workplace mobbing is associated with job satisfaction in both countries, while gender role attitudes showed different correlation patterns across the two country samples. Only in Romania were attitudes towards gender roles associated with job satisfaction. Context-specific strategies targeting workplace mobbing, gender perceptions, and work organization to enhance psychosocial well-being and workforce stability in radiology departments.