VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE

Violence in the Workplace

Violence in the Workplace

Introduction

This paper discusses violence in the workplace with the help of numerous published articles and web-based sources easily available on our fingertips. Considering an undeniable factor that the issue concerning violence in the workplace has been a reason of continuous concern, this issue has been extensively discussed over the last many years. (Solomon, 2001) Despite the many facets and aspects that play a part in the process of vexing the ratio of violence in the workplace, there is no identifiable structure or crisp definition for it. That is why in its start this paper focuses on such points that are almost as widely spread over the literature. Furthermore, many topics in related researches are grouped under the theme of violence in the workplace in order to identify clear areas of research thereby causing an inflationary overuse of the words "violence" and "workplace ". But here this paper instead of filling its contents with intentional verbosity, our approach is quite goal-oriented. In addition, many of these research areas are further convoluted with links and interactions to other, nor-related research that need to be considered. Finally, the lack of accurate measurability severely hampers the statistical assessment of suitability of a stated hypothesis. But this paper is rather unconventional and attempts to dig out the actual problems and stumbling blocks that multiply the existing ratio of violence in the workplace. While above-mentioned factor pertaining to the lack of accurate measurability is true for the entire field of social sciences, it is particularly acute in researches directly related on such topics. For this reason, published articles have the search for an explanation of actions and phenomena in common as a general rule all, albeit from different points of views. But this paper is, as mentioned above is rather goal-oriented fraught with realistic recommendations and suggestions.

Thus, coming out from the ambit of organizational concerns, this issue has become an inevitable topic to think upon in general. To date, there have been various researches conducted on this topic; similarly this paper is a humble attempt from my side not only to have a discussion on it in general but also to explore some unexplored avenues related with this issue that may further help us reaching at rather down-to-earth conclusion.

Discussion

Most people think of violence as a physical assault. However, workplace violence is a much broader problem. It is any act in which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated or assaulted in his or her employment.

Violence on the job can appear in many forms from simple harassment to personal attacks. These episodes of violent acts are caused by many factors. However, everyone must be aware of the warning signs for violent acts. Employees have a responsibility to protect employees and be aware of the laws that regulate workplace violence. (Solomon, 2001)

Between 1980 and 1993, violence in the workplace claimed more than 1,000 lives each year in the United ...