**5. Conclusion: limitations**

Given the devastating effects of mobbing on the individual and the organization, management should take preventive and countermeasure acts [5]. Keeping the medical residents and Heads of the Sectors informed about the mobbing phenomenon is a positive step to that direction along with recording the current situation. The phenomenon of moral harassment requires immediate confrontation as the very high

levels of mobbing observed should sound the alarm. In health care working environment hierarchies, respect is often related to power and status [47]. On the other hand, respect should be related to "positive attitudes toward human worth" especially when vulnerable individuals are involved. As far as medical residents are concerned, their time, opinions and privacy should not be ignored [47]. Trust and job satisfaction should build respect and professionalism [47].

Regarding limitations, the low response rate of the doctors in the completion of the questionnaire, despite the assurances of the anonymity of the participants, has troubled the investigators of this survey. Despite necessary explanations to the participants and the preservation of anonymity, the low response rate may have signaled selection bias.

The interpretation of the results of relevant surveys should be based on the particular characteristics of the organization in which the study is conducted and the nature of the work being done [3]. Comparing data with other research papers on the same subject is difficult when there are not used the same measuring tools [7]. Finally, the present research has a cross-sectional character, which on the one hand facilitates sample selection from the general population, but on the other hand, it cannot give information about the sequence of time or search for the cause of facts.
