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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Violence in the workplace"”.
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Employee Assistance Program and Occupational Health Providers’Perceptions and Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence in the Workplace: A Grounded Theory Study
… Health Providers’ Experiences and Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in the WorkplacePurpose/Significance: Employee Assistance Program/Occupational Health Providers(“providers”) are often the first point of contact for employees, both victims and perpetrators, affected by intimate partner …
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Constructing occupational stress in a human service agency.
The present study explored the multiple meanings of occupational stress in a human service agency by using a constructivist approach. It was posited that such an approach could transcend some of the problems that have plagued conventional approaches to stress research, particularly, the difficulty …
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Development and Implementation of a Violence Risk Assessment Tool
<p>The purpose of this quality improvement project was to provide a means to effectively assess patients as they are admitted to the hospitals and to effectively communicate a patient’s violent tendencies within the healthcare setting. Workplace violence is a serious problem that affects all …
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Understanding the culture of care: An ethnographic study of how healthcare workers in a Mental Health Centre negotiate care in Windhoek, Namibia
This study was aimed at exploring the culture of care that healthcare workers at a Namibian Mental Health Centre have cultivated, their lived experiences and how they use their agency to deliver the service of care. a qualitative research approach to conduct the study. Convenience sampling was used …
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Female patient violence experienced by qualified nurses working in an inpatient psychiatric department in Al Amal Complex for Mental Health (Riyadh) Hospital
Psychiatric nurses are considered the most vulnerable healthcare workers in terms of encountering violence, and this trend is rising. Violence in the workplace poses a threat to the physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing of nursing staff, and in particular those working in mental health …
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Psichologinio smurto sąsajos su sveikatos priežiūros specialistų darbingumu ir sveikatos būkle ligoninėje X“ /
Violence – one of the nowadays issues, which negatively impacts societies all around the world, including every social layer, ethnic or religion group. WHO defines psychological violence at workplace as intentional usage of authority towards other person or group of employees, it includes …
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Working with violent clients : staff explanations and actions
The series of studies presented in this thesis test an attribution-emotionbehaviour model of helping versus violent retaliation (after Weiner, 1995) in professional groups at high risk of encountering violence in the workplace. Weiner's model predicts that staff who perceive violent incidents as …
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Covert violence in nursing: A Western Australian experience
Covert violence in the workplace has been extensively theorized amongst social scientists as having negative effects on the worker’s self esteem, job satisfaction and stress, resulting in increased absenteeism and a reduction in productivity, and yet it continues to fester in nursing. The purpose …
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Australian psychologists' perceptions and experiences of client threats
There is empirical evidence that workplace violence is increasing, particularly in settings where health care professionals such as psychologists are employed, and often these incidents are perpetrated by clients. Given that client violence can have wide ranging and serious consequences, it is not …
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Worker-initiated violence: Prevention strategies in park and recreation departments
Workplace violence infects many organizations. This descriptive study assesses the extent to which Texas park and recreation departments institute policies and procedures for preventing worker-initiated violence. Thirty directors from local park and recreation departments were interviewed by …
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Gender Differences in Perceived Costs and Benefits of Workplace Mistreatment
<p>Workplace mistreatment, in the form of both incivility and aggression, can have a major impact on personal and organizational outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the mental judgments that individuals make before engaging in either uncivil or aggressive behavior. Data was analyzed …
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Workplace Violence Prevention Training: An Analysis of Employees' Attitudes
The purpose of this study was to determine employees' attitudes and perceptions toward the effectiveness of workplace violence prevention training within a U.S. Government service agency with 50 offices located in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the phenomenon of …
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Violence against student nurses by patients and their relatives in public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Sciences (Nursing), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.