An examination of anti-violence human resource management practices in the context of health care and aged care |
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Authors: | Bo Shao Patricia Dina Pariona-Cabrera Yongxing Guo Kathy Chrisfield Timothy Bartram |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Management, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;2. School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;3. School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China;4. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Abstract: | Although accumulated research has demonstrated the negative impacts of workplace violence and called for effective solutions from a human resource management (HRM) perspective, a valid measure of anti-violence HRM practices is missing. In this paper, we develop a scale of anti-violence HRM practices that is critical for both theoretical advancement and managerial practices in health care and aged care contexts. Through an inductive approach in Study 1, we generated items for the scale to be used in health care and aged care contexts, which we then subjected to a content validity test in Study 2. Using the newly developed scale, we further demonstrated in Study 3 that anti-violence HRM practices that are implemented in aged care facilities reduce workers' experienced violence, improve workers' emotional wellbeing, and enhance workers' organisational and career commitment. |
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Keywords: | aged care health care human resource management scale development wellbeing workplace violence |
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