Author: Vaughan Bowie
ISBN No: 1843921340
Review date: 12/06/2026
No of pages: 312
Publisher: Willan Publishing
Year of publication: 11/09/2012
Brief:
Edited by Vaughan Bowie (University of Western Sydney, Australia), Bonnie S. Fisher (University of Cincinnati) and Cary L. Cooper (University of Lancaster).
This book examines some of the issues around violence at work which have emerged in the new millennium, including September 11, 2001 and other terrorist-related incidents, identifying these as an extreme form of workplace violence. It follows Violence at Work (Willan, 2001), and identifies four types of workplace violence: intrusive, external violence including terrorism; consumer/client-related violence; staff-related violence; organizational violence.
This book also addresses some emerging issues facing those concerned with workplace violence, including staff who abuse those in their care, domestic violence spilling over into the workplace, violence against aid and humanitarian workers, and organizations who are themselves abusive to their staff and service users as well as oppressive of their surrounding communities.
Workplace Violence goes beyond the current emphasis on equipping ‘primary responders’ (such as police, fire ambulance) to react to terrorist-related and other workplace violence incidents, paying attention to the ‘secondary’ responders such as human services workers, managers, human resources staff, unions, occupational health and safety professionals, humanitarian aid workers and median staff – and their training and support needs.
