Violence at Work : Causes, Patterns and Prevention.
Workplace violence has emerged as a growing concern in today's interdependent political economy, and increasing attention is being paid to the phenomenon both by business and in the academic world to identifying its causes and to devise strategies to prevent it. In this book a distinguished int...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Willan Pub.,
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on editors and contributors; Introduction; 1 Defining violence at work: a new typology; 2 Occupational violence in industrialized countries: types, incidence patterns and 'at risk' groups of workers; 3 Causal factors of violence in the workplace: a human resource professional's perspective; 4 Developing a framework for understanding patterns of abuse and violence against businesses; 5 The process of employee violence: the building of a workplace explosion.
- 6 Workplace violence in the USA: are there gender differences?7 Prevention of violence affecting workers: a systems perspective; 8 Standards for violence management training; 9 Why workplace bullying and violence are different: protecting employees from both; 10 Dealing with violence in the workplace: mthe experience of Canadian unions; 11 The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP): ten year analysis of empirical findings; 12 Violence at work: supporting the employee; Concluding comments; Index.