Workplace violence is a high profile problem internationally but has received little research attention in New Zealand. The aims of the study were to determine the level of reported workplace violence in a sample of New Zealand workplaces; to measure the degree of importance human resource...

International studies continue to highlight the extent of workplace violence and its impact on employees and organizations. Despite a number of high profile incidents of workplace violence in New Zealand in recent years, there has been little work to establish the nature and extent of workplace...

This exploratory study examined the workplace violence problem in a sample of 96 New Zealand organizations. Just over one-half of participating organizations reported cases of violence, with a total of nearly 2,500 cases reported in 2009. The incidence rate for all violence cases was high...

The present study was the third NZ Workplace Violence Survey. The sample of 86 organisations for the 2012 New Zealand Workplace Violence Survey was drawn from the OHS professionals who subscribe to the New Zealand Safeguard Forum. Overall, some 510 incidents of workplace violence were reported...