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On the basis of the Labour Conditions Act of 18 March 1999, employers are obliged to take care of their employees' safety and health, and to pursue a policy aimed at creating the best possible labour conditions. The prevention of aggression towards employees falls under this obligation. Within the Judicial Penitentiary Service (DJI), aggression and violence among employees seem to occur twice as often as in other sectors. More than a quarter of the employees in penitentiaries contends with intimidation by a colleague and/or executive staff member; approximately 10 per cent of the employees is confronted with unwanted sexual attentions, and a small group of mainly male employees falls victim to physical violence. In this research, the model of Schaufeli and Peeters was used as a theoretical framework. A number of studies shows a correlation between violence at work, job stress, posttraumatic stress disorders, and absenteeism.

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Author:   M.J.J. Kunst ,  S. Schweizer ,  S. Bogaerts ,  L.M. Van Der
Publisher:   Boom Juridische Uitgevers
Imprint:   Boom Juridische Uitgevers
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.136kg
ISBN:  

9789054549802

ISBN 10:   9054549807
Pages:   60
Publication Date:   21 March 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction; 2 Possible effects of aggression and violence among employees and factors causing it; Posttraumatic stress and absenteeism. Predictors of posttraumatic stress and absenteeism. The nature and seriousness of aggression and violence among employees. Psychosocial factors; 3 Construction and testing of the hypothetical model; The most important findings of the literature study. Hypothetical model.; Respondents. Research procedure. The instruments. Testing the hypothetical model; 4 The research results; The model's quality. The effect parameters between the variables. Further research: testing four hypothetical sub-models. The quality of the four sub-models. The effect parameters between the variables in the four sub-models. Preliminary conclusions; 5 The exploratory study; Specific research questions. Methods. Results. Preliminary conclusions; 6 Summary and conclusions; The results of the literature study and the construction of the hypothetical model. The empirical validity of the hypothetical model. The exploratory study. Conclusions.; The interpretation of the study's results. The study's limitations; References.

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