Evaluation of Organizational Justice Intervention to Alleviate TYPE III Violence

描述（由申请人提供）：针对预防第三类工作场所暴力（同事暴力）的示范工作场所政策广泛存在，但其对工作场所和工人健康的影响从未得到严格评估。这一应用程序描述了一个组织层面的干预，重点是组织正义，因为有一个越来越多的意识到的重要性，组织的气氛，有助于第三类暴力。具有良好组织正义环境的工作场所可以营造健康的工作氛围，减少对第三类工作场所暴力的容忍。到目前为止，组织公正研究在很大程度上是相关的，没有干预研究表明，改变工作环境的这一重要方面可以减少同事暴力。迫切需要进行包括过程和结果衡量在内的研究，以评估预防工作对受害者、雇主和工作场所的影响。一个由经验丰富的干预研究人员和州政府合作伙伴组成的跨学科小组将开展拟议的工作，该小组在过去七年中进行了工作场所暴力干预研究。拟议的研究将分两个阶段进行。第一阶段将包括对州政府工作人员和管理人员（N= 18，000）进行大规模的筛选调查，以评估工作场所第三类工作场所暴力的流行程度以及组织正义的相关氛围。这些筛选数据将用于根据第三类暴力风险对工作场所进行排名。第三类暴力高风险的六个机构将被随机分配到干预或控制条件。研究人员和机构合作伙伴将制定，实施和严格评估暴力预防干预对第三类工作场所暴力和组织正义气氛的影响。以下具体目标涉及拟议工作的两个阶段：（1）利用一项筛选性横断面调查，评估过去六个月第三类工作场所的普遍程度、相关情况和雇主对暴力的反应。2)描述组织正义气候的第三类工作场所暴力干预之前，在六个纽约州机构。3)根据筛查，在三个III型工作场所暴力高发的纽约州机构制定和实施工作场所暴力预防政策和相关活动。4)通过比较干预和控制机构，评估工作场所暴力预防计划对组织正义气氛和第三类工作场所暴力发生率和患病率的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Model workplace policies directed at preventing Type III workplace violence (coworker violence) are widely available, yet their impact on workplace and worker health has never been rigorously evaluated. This application describes an organizational level intervention focused on organization justice because there is a growing awareness of the importance of organizational climate in contributing to Type III violence. Workplaces with good organizational justice environments foster a healthy work climate that is less permissive towards Type III workplace violence. To date, organizational justice research has been largely correlational, with no intervention studies to show that changing this important aspect of the work setting can reduce coworker violence. Research which includes process and outcome measures are critically needed to assess the impact of prevention efforts on victims, employers and workplaces. An interdisciplinary team of seasoned intervention researchers and state government partners who have conducted workplace violence intervention research for the past seven years will carry out the proposed work. The proposed research will be conducted in two phases. Phase one will include a screening survey of a large cross-section of state government workers and managers (N= 18,000) to assess the prevalence of Type III workplace violence in their workplaces and associated climate for organizational justice. These screening data will then be used to rank workplaces by risk of Type III violence. Six agencies at high risk of Type III violence will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control condition. Researchers and agency partners will then develop, implement and rigorously evaluate the impact of a violence prevention intervention on Type III workplace violence, and organizational justice climate. The following specific aims address both phases of the proposed work: 1) To assess past six month prevalence of Type III workplace, associated circumstances and employer response to violence using a screening cross-sectional survey. 2) To describe organizational justice climate for Type III workplace violence prior to intervention in six NY state agencies. 3) To develop and implement a workplace violence prevention policy and associated activities in three NY state agencies with a high prevalence of Type III workplace violence based on screening. 4) To evaluate the impact of a workplace violence prevention program on organizational justice climate and the incidences and prevalence of Type III workplace violence by comparing intervention and control agencies.