The Prevalence and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Intrusion in the Workplace

Blodgett, Christopher; Lanigan, Jane

doi:10.1080/10926771.2017.1330297

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“…An estimated 14% of women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) annually and 25% experience IPV at some point in their lifetimes (Black et al, 2011;Jones et al, 1999). IPV is the use of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse to gain power and control over another person who is a current or former intimate partner (Blodgett & Lanigan, 2018;Saltzman, 2004). IPV damages the health of women and their children both at the time abuse occurs and after it has ended (Rivas et al, 2016).…”

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A Qualitative Study of Intimate Partner Violence and Employment Instability

Showalter

McCloskey

2020

J Interpers Violence

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Maintaining employment while suffering from intimate partner violence (IPV) is extremely difficult given the direct and indirect ways abusers disrupt work. The current qualitative study seeks to strategically fill a gap in knowledge regarding survivors’ employment instability and gain insight toward creating more supportive workplaces for survivors. Women ( N = 19) receiving services for IPV at a Midwest U.S. agency were interviewed about their experiences of employment instability, workplace disruptions (including via technology), and their perceptions of policies and practices that employers use to support employees experiencing abuse. Specifically, the study asks four research questions to address gaps in literature: (a) What are the employment instability experiences of survivors related to IPV, including attendance, hours, and job loss? (b) What are survivors’ experiences of workplace disruptions, including with technology? (c) What formal employer policies and practices related to IPV are survivors familiar with? and (d) What workplace supports do IPV survivors perceive to be helpful or harmful? Findings uniquely contribute to existing literature by revealing employment instability among mothers, highlighting the use of technology to disrupt survivors’ work, and determining existing policies and procedures that workplaces use to address IPV. Implications for advocates working with survivors as well as employer and state policymakers are discussed.

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A Qualitative Study of Intimate Partner Violence and Employment Instability

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McCloskey

2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…While IPA often does occur within the home, it has a significant impact within other social arenas, such as the workplace (Blodgett & Lanigan, 2018;Duffy et al, 2004;Tolentino et al, 2017). It is important, then, to describe when and why IPA might be conceptualized as work related.…”

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“…The 2020), in-role performance Logan et al, 2007;Tolentino et al, 2017), and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) Tolentino et al, 2017). Moreover, studies have shown that WIPA victimization results in increased job neglect (LeBlanc et al, 2014) and tardiness (Blodgett & Lanigan, 2018;Reeves & O'Leary-Kelly, 2007). Finally, some research demonstrated that WIPA perpetration is detrimental to the perpetrator's work performance (Mankowski et al, 2013).…”

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“…WIPA also poses a threat to organizational safety. When perpetrators come to the workplace to stalk, harass, and threaten their victims (and by extension their coworkers), this creates a dangerous work environment (Blodgett & Lanigan, 2018;Rayner-Thomas et al, 2016;, and research suggests that nearly 20% of IPA victims indicate some workplace occurrence (O' Leary-Kelly et al, 2008). Research also shows that a quarter of workplace homicides were perpetrated by intimate partners (Tiesman et al, 2012).…”

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Intimate partner aggression and work: An interdisciplinary review and agenda for future research

Deen

Gregg

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J Organ Behavior

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Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a social issue that affects the workplace. While IPA has been relatively ignored by management scholars due to notions that it is a private domestic matter, recent research offers mounting evidence of its spillover effects at work, including consequences for victims, perpetrators, coworkers, and organizations. To date, scholarly research on IPA and work has been impeded because existing research is scattered across disciplines with differing conceptualizations and emphasis. This integrative review aims to clarify the constructs of IPA and work-related IPA (WIPA), summarize existing IPA and work research, integrate prior studies to offer a nomological network of antecedents and consequences of IPA victimization and perpetration, and propose specific recommendations that can further stimulate scholarly attention on this important research area.

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“…The U.S. literature recognized IPV-related work impacts, including unemployment, job instability and performance ( Anderson et al, 2014 ; Crowne et al, 2011 ), missed workdays, tardiness, work disruption ( Blodgett & Lanigan, 2018 ), and maintaining employment ( Borchers et al, 2016 ). These work outcomes arising from IPV have also been documented in other developed countries, including Norway ( Alsaker et al, 2016 ), Australia ( McFerran, 2011 ), New Zealand ( Rayner-Thomas, 2013 ), and Canada ( Wathen et al, 2015 ).…”

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Economic Costs of Violence Against Women and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study on Management’s Outlook

Chadha

Kennedy

Duvvury

2022

Workplace Health Saf

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Background: In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), violence against women and girls (VAWG) is rampant, primarily due to patriarchy. However, there is little understanding of its ripple effect in the workplace in LMICs. While recent studies in LMICs have attempted to understand the effects of VAWG on productivity using data collected from colleagues, survivors, or perpetrators, there is limited research on the employers’ perspective of the impact of VAWG on productivity. Methods: A survey, developed by the investigators, based on previous research in Peru and Vietnam, was administered to 74 senior management executives in Ghana, Pakistan, and South Sudan. Based on female employees’ absenteeism, tardiness, and presenteeism, this study provides the management’s perspective on the invisible costs of VAWG. Findings: The results show that 25% and 36% of senior executives have witnessed intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence, respectively, against their female colleagues. One (32%) in three managers also acknowledged the impact of VAWG on productivity and day-to-day operations. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that there is a need for the development of employee assistance programs (EAPs) in LMICs. Due to significant increase in employees’ productivity in the absence of VAWG, investing in occupational health services needs to be viewed as an investment, not cost. As many international companies in developed countries do business in LMICs, their occupational health departments need to be more aware of VAWG. Occupational health practitioners can assist in the needs assessment for EAPs as well as provide appropriate referrals and counseling to impacted employees.

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The Prevalence and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Intrusion in the Workplace

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

A Qualitative Study of Intimate Partner Violence and Employment Instability

A Qualitative Study of Intimate Partner Violence and Employment Instability

Intimate partner aggression and work: An interdisciplinary review and agenda for future research

Economic Costs of Violence Against Women and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study on Management’s Outlook

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