Workplace violence: Impact, causes, and prevention

Work

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-20

  Dillon, Bobbie L ^a,b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mediation Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; conflict resolution; Organizational conflict

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

AGGRESSION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEADERSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864576851     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1322     Document Type: Review

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