WORKPLACE VIOLENCE POLICIES OF U.S. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

There is a broadening recognition among employers that workplace violence involves far more than murder by coworkers, client-customers, and intruders. The degree to which US local governments explicitly are addressing workplace violence in policy terms has not been systematically explored. The findi...

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Published inPublic administration quarterly Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 349 - 364
Main Authors NIGRO, LLOYD G., WAUGH, WILLIAM L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Randallstown, Md Southern Public Administration Education Foundation 01.10.1998
Subjects
Cities
Employees
Employers
Executives
Frontiers Of Empirical Research And Development
Homicide
Human resources
Jurisdiction
Liability
Local government
Managers
Murders & murder attempts
Occupational safety
Personnel policies
Political violence
Public policy
Studies
Threats
Violence
Violence against women
Violent crime
Violent crimes
Workplace violence
Workplaces
United States > US
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Summary:There is a broadening recognition among employers that workplace violence involves far more than murder by coworkers, client-customers, and intruders. The degree to which US local governments explicitly are addressing workplace violence in policy terms has not been systematically explored. The findings of a survey of cities and counties intended to fill the some of the gaps in the understanding of the status of workplace violence policies and programs on the local level are described. A national survey of local governments with populations of 100,000 or more was conducted in 1997. The questionnaire probed several areas, including: 1. the respondents' assessment of the level of threat posed by a number of potential sources of workplace violence, 2. whether or not the city or county had a formal written policy on workplace violence and, if so, what kinds of violence were covered by the policy statements, and 3. the extent to which the jurisdiction had established an administrative program or set of formal procedures to deal with one or more kinds of workplace violence.
ISSN:0734-9149
2327-4433