Organizational Determinants of Workplace Violence Against Hospital Workers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Arnetz, Judith ; Hamblin, Lydia E. ; Sudan, Sukhesh ; Arnetz, Bengt
• Description:
  Objective
  
  To identify organizational factors contributing to workplace violence in hospitals.
  
  Methods
  
  A questionnaire survey was conducted in 2013 among employees in a Midwestern hospital system (n=446 respondents). Questions concerned employees’ experiences of violence at work in the previous year and perceptions of the organizational safety climate. Logistic regressions examined staff interaction and safety climate factors associated with verbal and physical violence, respectively.
  
  Results
  
  Interpersonal conflict was a risk factor for verbal violence (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.04-2.12, p<.05) and low work efficiency was a risk factor for physical violence (OR .98, 0.97-0.99). A poor violence prevention climate was a risk factor for verbal (OR 0.48, 0.36-0.65, p<.001) and physical (OR 0.60, 0.45-0.82, p<.05) violence.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Interventions should aim at improving coworker relationships, work efficiency, and management promotion of the hospital violence prevention climate.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Dissent And Disputes Efficiency Female Hospitals Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Middle Aged Occupational Health Occupational Stress Organizational Culture Personnel, Hospital Risk Factors Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace Violence

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• Keywords:
  Health Care Workers Hospitals Workplace Safety Climate Workplace Violence
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 60(8):693-699
• Pubmed ID:
  29668528
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6086761
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH009948/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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