Consequences of Client-Initiated Workplace Violence: The Role of Fear and Perceived Prevention

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-229

  Mueller, Sonja ^a   Tschan, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Client initiated violence and threats at work; Fear of violence; Perceived coping ability; Perceived prevention of violence; Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; FEAR; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79954493047     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021723     Document Type: Article

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