Understanding workplace violence: The value of a systems perspective

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 839-848

  Bentley, Tim A ^a   Catley, Bevan ^b   Forsyth, Darryl ^b   Tappin, David ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Occupational health and safety professionals; Psychosocial risk; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; PREVENTION MEASURES; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; COWORKER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERGONOMICS; FORESTRY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE PREVENTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84899125581     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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