Evaluation of Organizational Justice Intervention to Alleviate TYPE III Violence

描述(由申请人提供)：旨在预防第三类工作场所暴力(同事暴力)的示范工作场所政策随处可见，但其对工作场所和工人健康的影响从未得到严格评估。这项申请描述了一种组织一级的干预措施，侧重于组织正义，因为人们越来越认识到组织气氛在助长第三类暴力方面的重要性。拥有良好组织公正环境的工作场所会培养一种健康的工作氛围，对第三类工作场所暴力行为不那么宽容。到目前为止，组织公平的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。为了评估预防工作对受害者、雇主和工作场所的影响，迫切需要进行包括过程和结果措施在内的研究。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团队将实施拟议的工作，他们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)的大范围筛查调查，以评估其工作场所第三类工作场所暴力的流行率和相关的组织公平氛围。这些筛查数据将被用来根据第三类暴力的风险对工作场所进行排名。六个处于III型暴力高风险的机构将被随机分配到干预或控制条件下。然后，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措施对第三类工作场所暴力的影响，以及组织正义氛围。以下具体目标涉及拟议工作的两个阶段：1)利用筛查横断面调查，评估过去六个月第三类工作场所的流行率、相关情况和雇主对暴力的反应。2)描述在纽约六个州机构干预之前第三类工作场所暴力的组织正义环境。3)制定和实施工作场所暴力预防政策，并在纽约州三个基于筛查的第三类工作场所暴力高发的州机构开展相关活动。4)通过对干预机构和控制机构的比较，评估工作场所暴力预防计划对组织公正氛围和III型工作场所暴力的发生率和流行率的影响。

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.