Workforce Violence

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion1

Recognition of the Problem2

Data Sources for Monitoring Workplace Violence4

Impact and Trends5

Effect on Businesses and Organisation5

Prevention and Risk Factors7

Working in high-crime areas7

Risk Factors7

Environmental Approaches8

Behavioral Approaches9

Administrative and Work Practice Controls9

Legislative Efforts10

Conclusion10

Workforce Violence

Introduction

In this research, we will discuss a growing corpus of research concerned with workplace violence which prevails in our working environment system and feature in day-to-day work and interaction. The basic reason of maintaining a concentrated approach towards workplace violence is because it is by far the most overlooked subject in context. These days, in today's modern world of rapid development, growth and expansion, employees maybe involved in healthy conflict patterns, yet differences need to be addressed before they could impact their otherwise established relationships.

In addition to the above, I shall also undertake the aspect related to workplace violence and they consciously or subconsciously influence and impact the normal proceedings prevalent in the organization and what drives workplace violence within a particular company.

Workplace violence has always existed in the United States—indeed, during some periods of our history, fear, intimidation, and physical violence were commonplace in work settings. Contemporary expectations in industrialized democracies, however, are that all workers are entitled to a workplace free from recognized hazards. Until approximately the last 15 years, however, those hazards were defined almost exclusively as developing from exposure to chemical, thermal, or mechanical energy. Although some occupational groups recognized the risk of violence during the course of doing their jobs (law enforcement, corrections, and to a limited extent, health care— particularly psychiatric care), it has only been in recent decades that violence directed toward persons while at work or on duty has been recognized as an important occupational safety and health issue across all industrial sectors. The growing field of workplace violence has focused on both understanding the risk factors for victims and developing recommendations to reduce the incidence and severity of events in the future.

This body of research has come to be known as 'workplace violence and it explores the ways in which it effects working condition in the workplace, and demonstrate how the use of violence seemingly rests upon a complex social organization, an indigenous and tacit body of practice and procedures through which tools and technologies gain their occasioned sense and relevance within workplace activities.

Discussion

The term workplace violence encompasses a variety of events along a continuum of severity from words or actions that disrupt the workplace by making workers uncomfortable or fearful to physical assaults and homicides. In addition to variation by severity, it is clear that the term workplace violence means different things to different people (ASIS, 2005). Workplace bullying and psychological aggression have been found to be harmful to both the individual and the organization. Experiencing these negative behaviors has been related to decreased psychological well-being, including symptoms of depression, anxiety, feelings of helplessness, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol and substance abuse, and anger as well as to decrease cognitive functioning (attention, concentration). Psychosomatic complaints such as headaches sleep disturbances, and gastrointestinal disorders have also been ...