Workplace violence: Practical policies and strategies for prevention, response, and recovery

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-280

  Miller, Laurence ^a  

^a Plaza Four ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Business psychology; Corporate crisis intervention; Emergency mental health; Industrial organizational psychology; Workplace safety; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

CONVALESCENCE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PUBLIC POLICY; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 41749110884     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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