Occupational violence/bullying in the maritime industry: A pilot study

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 457-463

  Mayhew, Claire ^a   Grewal, Devinder ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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23. Similar questionnaires provided the research basis for two articles published in this journal: (1) Mayhew, C, McCarthy, P, Barker, M and Sheehan, M. Student aggression in tertiary education institutions. J Occup Health Safety - Aust NZ 2003, 19(4): 327-335;
24. and (2) McCarthy, P, Mayhew, C, Barker, M and Sheehan, M. Bullying and occapational violence in tertiary education: risk factors, perpetrators and prevention. J Occup Health Safety - Aust NZ 2003, 19(4): 319-326.
25. A similar questionnaire was also used in the research study: Mayhew, C and Chappell, D. Occupational violence in the NSW health workforce: establishment of baseline data. Research report to the Taskforce on the Prevention and Management of Violence in the Health Workplace, NSW Department of Health, Sydney, July 2002.