While discussions of healthcare workplace violence often focus on patient and visitor aggression, a more insidious form of violence silently damages psychological health throughout healthcare organizations. Lateral violence—the pattern of harmful behaviors directed by healthcare workers toward their peers—exacts a tremendous mental health toll while undermining organizational effectiveness,...
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Conclusion: Now that we know....now what? - Book Excerpt
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Human Resources: Best Practice Policy Considerations - Book Excerpt
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Active Threat Prevention and Preparedness - Book Excerpt
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Intervention and Engagement Skills - Book Excerpt
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Taking Action: Book Excerpt
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Bystander Mobilization (Part One): To Empathize is to Civilize
Creating An Environment Incompatible with Violence - Book Excerpt
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Creating an environment that is incompatible with emotional and physical violence
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”– William James, philosopher and father of American psychology
In an analysis of 1.4 million Glassdoor reviews about company culture from people who have left their jobs, researchers Charlie and...
Understanding Workplace Violence on a Deeper Level - Book Excerpt
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Understanding Workplace violence on a deeper level
No one wants to recognize (or admit) that they are a victim (of anything), so we often fail to identify certain behaviors as victimizing. But no matter how we personally understand and define lateral violence, bullying, abuse, discrimination, or harassment, it is time to expand...