When Violence Threatens the Workplace: Personnel Issues.

Willits, Robert L.

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ERIC Number: EJ547771

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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When Violence Threatens the Workplace: Personnel Issues.

Willits, Robert L.

Library Administration and Management, v11 n3 p166-71 Sum 1997

Discusses violence in the workplace and suggests a three-tier approach to dealing with violence in libraries that focuses on personnel issues: (1) preventive measures, including applicant screening, supervisory training, and employee assistance programs; (2) threat management, including policy formation and legal action; and (3) crisis/post-trauma management. (LRW)

Descriptors: Crisis Management, Employee Assistance Programs, Libraries, Library Administration, Library Personnel, Library Policy, Personnel Management, Personnel Selection, Policy Formation, Prevention, Staff Development, Violence, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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