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 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