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9780789028419

Aggression in Organizations: Violence, Abuse, and Harassment at Work and in Schools

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  • ISBN13:

    9780789028419

  • ISBN10:

    0789028417

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-14
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Learn guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and intervention! As violence and abusiveness become increasingly prevalent in our schools and workplaces, our sense of safety suffers a heavy toll. Aggression in Organizations: Violence, Abuse, and Harassment at Work and in Schools presents a wide range of research, perspectives, and approaches to violence and abuse at work and in school. Respected authorities discuss practical strategies that foster a sense of safety, dignity, growth, creativity, and social support in every organization. Topics include: the quantitative and qualitative methods that document the long-term effects of trauma and the effectiveness of interventions the role of perceptions in gauging workplace hostility a personality test to identify an aggressive personality the role of organizational frustration in forming aggressive behaviors the effects of a teacher's emotional abuse of a student two forms of workplace abuse, bullying” and mobbing” and many more! Aggression in Organizations discusses in depth the effects of physical violence, sexual and emotional abuse, and bullying in various situations and institutions. Case studies illustrate examples that bring the latest empirical and applied research into clear focus. Insights are revealed into what can be done to prevent a future filled with violence as well as guidelines for treating people affected by aggressive acts. Each chapter is well-referenced and many include helpful diagrams and tables to enhance clarity. Aggression in Organizations presents and explains: an overview of workplace and school violence protection a ten year clinical case study of an incident of workplace violence factors influencing women's perceptions of a sexually hostile workplace the emotionally abusive workplace identifying the aggressive personality organizational frustration and aggressive behaviors creating respectful, productive workplaces emotional abuse in the classroom adult-student sexual harassment a qualitative analysis of students and parents' immediate reactions to the shootings at Columbine High School a school-wide bullying prevention program for elementary students Aggression in Organizations is essential reading for psychologists, educators, organizational consultants, human resource professionals, school counselors, and social workers.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors xv
Preface xxi
FOUNDATIONS AND OVERVIEW
Abuse and Violence in the Workplace and School: Toward a Systems-Based Model
1(12)
Mark Braverman
An Overview of Workplace and School Violence Prevention
13(10)
James N. Madero
Jeff Schanowitz
AGGRESSION, ABUSE, AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
A 10-Year Clinical Case Study to an Incident of Workplace Violence
23(26)
Angelea Panos
Patrick Panos
Patty Dulle
Factors Influencing Women's Perceptions of a Sexually Hostile Workplace
49(22)
Nancy J. Amick
Richard C. Sorenson
The Emotionally Abusive Workplace
71(10)
Michele Koonin
Thomas M. Green
Identifying the Aggressive Personality
81(14)
Shawn M. Bergman
Michael D. McIntyre
Lawrence R. James
Organizational Frustration and Aggressive Behaviors
95(24)
Nancy J. Heacox
Richard C. Sorenson
Creating Respectful, Violence-Free, Productive Workplaces: A Community-Level Response to Workplace Violence
119(20)
Donald L. Gault
AGGRESSION, ABUSE, AND HARASSMENT IN SCHOOLS
Emotional Abuse in the Classroom: A Cultural Dilemma?
139(12)
Almon Shumba
School Principal Mistreatment of Teachers: Teachers' Perspectives on Emotional Abuse
151(26)
Jo Blase
Joseph Blase
Adult-Student Sexual Harassment in British Columbia High Schools
177(20)
Jason Winters
Robert J. W. Clift
Anne Maloney
Early Responses to School Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Students' and Parents' Immediate Reactions to the Shootings at Columbine High School
197(28)
Nikki A. Hawkins
Daniel N. McIntosh
Roxane Cohen Silver
E. Alison Holman
School-Wide Bullying Prevention Program for Elementary Students
225(16)
Elizabeth A. Rock
Marsha Hammond
Sandra Rasmussen
Index 241

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