The Effects and Costs of Intimate Partner Violence for Work Organizations

This study examines the productivity-related effects and costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) on the workplace. Specifically, it explores whether IPV victims and nonvictims differ in the number of work hours missed due to absenteeism, tardiness, and work distraction and the costs for employers f...

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Published inJournal of interpersonal violence Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 327 - 344
Main Authors Reeves, Carol, O’Leary-Kelly, Anne M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2007
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Absenteeism
Adult
Battered Women
Costs
Distractors
Domestic violence
Employed Women
Employee Absenteeism
Employees
Employment
Employment - economics
Family Violence
Female
Gender Differences
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Middle Aged
Partner Abuse
Polls & surveys
Productivity
Salaries
Salaries and Fringe Benefits - economics
Spouse Abuse - economics
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Victimization
Victims
Victims of Crime
Women's Health - economics
Women, Working
Working Hours
Workplace - economics
United States
intimate partner violence
absenteeism
cost
tardiness
work productivity
work distraction
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Summary:This study examines the productivity-related effects and costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) on the workplace. Specifically, it explores whether IPV victims and nonvictims differ in the number of work hours missed due to absenteeism, tardiness, and work distraction and the costs for employers from these missed work hours. The research involved a Web-based survey of 823 male and 1,550 female employees in three midsized organizations. Employees who reported lifetime IPV victimization, but not current victimization, missed more hours of work because of absenteeism than did nonvictims. Current victims, but not lifetime victims, were more likely to be distracted at work than nonvictims. Organization costs due to absenteeism and tardiness were greater for lifetime victims than nonvictims; however, no difference in costs was found for current victims. Overall, we found that IPV has negative effects on organizations, but that the nature and cost of these effects vary by type of victimization.
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ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260506295382