Citation

Tragno M, Duveau A, Tarquinio C. Eur. Rev. Appl. Psychol. 2007; 57(4): 237-255.

Affiliation

Équipe de psychologie de la santé, laboratoire de psychologie cognitive et clinique (LPCC), UFR SHA, université Paul-Verlaine de Metz, Île-du-Saulcy, 57000 Metz, France

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.erap.2006.12.003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

"The whole of the personnel was put in strike -- the reason? One of their colleagues was violently attacked by a user with a Knife". Far from being a news in brief, workplace violence is present within the media; privileged witnesses of an iceberg. Indeed, according to last figures of European investigations, close of an employee on one on ten (9%) known as to have been victim of intimidation on its workplace, and 6% were victims of physical violence. And, however, some advance the idea that the official figures are well far from reality from the company, the majority of the figures relates the violence with even morbid serious after-effects more (Eurogip, 1998). This article will thus stick to work out an inventory of workplace violence and more specifically of physical violence. With this intention, an analysis of 28 articles was carried out starting from various criteria in order to raise conceptual nebula around this phenomenon. Which are the definitions suggested, methodologies used and the results obtained by this research? Thus, this article will open a track of reflexion on the perception of violence at work like occupational hazard but also like a stake of health at the work and public safety.

Language: fr.