Looking beyond violence prevention climate – exploring line managers' violence preventive practices in two high-risk sectors
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Purpose: Work-related violence is a major occupational safety and health (OSH) issue. According to the concept of violence prevention climate, managers play a pivotal role in preventing the risk of violence at work. However, research on this is scarce. The objective of this study was, therefore, to examine line managers' use of violence preventive practices in high-risk sectors. Design/methodology/approach: The authors employed three different sources of data (semi-structured interviews and field notes from both leadership seminars and coaching sessions) that were collected in the context of an intervention study in Denmark aimed at improving violence prevention. The authors conducted a thematic analysis of violence prevention experiences among 16 line managers – eight from the prison and probation services and eight from psychiatric hospitals. Findings: Using an existing prevention framework, the authors categorized the descriptions into three types of violence preventive practices used by the line managers across the two sectors: “preventing violence”, “managing episodes of violence” and “promoting the positive”. Especially the category “promoting the positive” is often neglected in the intervention literature. Originality/value: The study identified new aspects of managers' violence preventive practices than those included in the violence prevention climate concept. Such knowledge may help organizations devise improved systems for violence prevention in high-risk sectors.
Original language | English |
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Journal | International Journal of Workplace Health Management |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 429-444 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISSN | 1753-8351 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:
Funding: This study was funded by The Danish Working Environment Research Fund. Award number AMFF-24-2016-03-2016510163.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Sofie Østergaard Jaspers, Dorte Raaby Andersen, Iben Louise Karlsen, Lars Peter Sønderbo Andersen, Paul Maurice Conway, Johnny Dyreborg and Birgit Aust.
- Management, Managers' work environment, Prison and probations services, Psychiatry, Violence prevention, Violence prevention climate, Workplace violence
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