Powerful and Vulnerable: : Workplace Violence Against Swedish Social Workers, Teachers, and Journalists
(2024) In SAGE Open July/September 2024. p.1-16- Abstract
- This article compares Swedish social workers, teachers, and journalists’ experiences of workplace violence. It addresses similarities and differences between the three professional groups in terms of who exposed them to workplace violence, what it was about, and what triggered it. The article is based on an online survey study, and the findings suggest that consumer-related violence from target groups was the most common among all three professional groups. Looking at worker-on-worker relationship violence, the teachers were the most exposed, followed by social workers and journalists, and such violence suggests bullying in the workplace. Most respondents stated that the hate, threats, and harassment were about their professional... (More)
- This article compares Swedish social workers, teachers, and journalists’ experiences of workplace violence. It addresses similarities and differences between the three professional groups in terms of who exposed them to workplace violence, what it was about, and what triggered it. The article is based on an online survey study, and the findings suggest that consumer-related violence from target groups was the most common among all three professional groups. Looking at worker-on-worker relationship violence, the teachers were the most exposed, followed by social workers and journalists, and such violence suggests bullying in the workplace. Most respondents stated that the hate, threats, and harassment were about their professional competence. While all of these professional groups have a position of power in society, they also perceive that it is often in the situations in which they exercise their power (e.g., making a decision for social workers and teachers or when journalists publish) that they become targets for workplace violence.
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- This article compares Swedish social workers, teachers, and journalists’ experiences of workplace violence. It addresses similarities and differences between the three professional groups in terms of who exposed them to workplace violence, what it was about, and what triggered it. The article is based on an online survey study, and the findings suggest that consumerrelated violence from target groups was the most common among all three professional groups. Looking at worker-onworker relationship violence, the teachers were the most exposed, followed by social workers and journalists, and such violence suggests bullying in the workplace. Most respondents stated that the hate, threats, and harassment were about their professional competence.... (More)
- This article compares Swedish social workers, teachers, and journalists’ experiences of workplace violence. It addresses similarities and differences between the three professional groups in terms of who exposed them to workplace violence, what it was about, and what triggered it. The article is based on an online survey study, and the findings suggest that consumerrelated violence from target groups was the most common among all three professional groups. Looking at worker-onworker relationship violence, the teachers were the most exposed, followed by social workers and journalists, and such violence suggests bullying in the workplace. Most respondents stated that the hate, threats, and harassment were about their professional competence. While all of these professional groups have a position of power in society, they also perceive that it is often in the situations in which they exercise their power (e.g., making a decision for social workers and teachers or when journalists publish) that they become targets for workplace violence. (Less)
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- author
- Scaramuzzino, Gabriella LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-09-19
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- socialarbetare, socionom, lärare, journalist, arbetsrelaterat våld, hot, hat, kränkning, relation, socialt arbete, mobbning
- in
- SAGE Open
- volume
- July/September 2024
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- ISSN
- 2158-2440
- DOI
- 10.1177/21582440241280545
- project
- A boundaryless working life in a digital era: Hate speech as a work environment problem
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 2a1b0eb5-4432-4b33-965a-325d41f27b4d
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