Conservatively speaking, workplace violence costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
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You’d call the police if a stranger in public did what many bullies at work get away with. 2 researchers who study workplace violence describe the widespread phenomenon.
Nurses say violence is treated as ‘part of the job’ or believe patients can’t be held accountable for their assaults if they are intoxicated or distressed.
Employees revealed a constant ‘drip’ of verbal abuse could be even more harmful than physical violence.
The scourge of workplace violence necessitates a seismic shift in our perspective and response. Decisive action is required to prevent and end this crisis within the RCMP and other police forces.
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has a serious problem with sexual violence. The military’s chronic and unresolved toxic culture puts the country’s national security at risk.
Three-quarters of teenagers in our survey experienced exploitation, bullying, harassment or some other form of abuse in their first job.
Violence-related injuries at work are on the rise in Canada. New research shows that it is women who suffer the most and especially those working in education.
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
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Professor of Work Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Nebraska Omaha
