I'm sure that many of us are familiar with our research being translated
in limited and inaccurate ways into the mainstream media. Actually,
this study explores much more than economic effects (e.g., effects on
targets of violence, the ways that organizational support can minimize
negative effects). However, economic effects should not be ignored. It
is our experience that demonstrating economic costs is important to
getting business organizations to recognize and address this issue.
If anyone has an interest in hearing more about this topic, please be
aware that the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas
is hosting a day-long conference on the "Workplace Effects of Family
Violence" on Nov. 11th. The conference is subsidized by a National
Institute of Justice grant and by the Walton College. The conference is
aimed both at raising awareness of this issue among employers and at
providing information on best practices for assisting targets of
violence. Although it is not a "research" conference, it would be a
great introduction to the issue for anyone who may want to do research
in this area. Carol Reeves and I would love to host some research
colleagues, so if you are interested just let me know and I can pass
along specifics.
Anne O'Leary-Kelly and Carol Reeves
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Subject: Re: Noticed a brief article on research of the effect of
domestic violence on the workplace.
i wonder if there is research about the effect of the workplace
on
domestic violence, as well as on the wellbeing of the individuals
involved. somehow the "loss of productivity effect" seems to be a
misplaced interest, considering the issues in question. i am sure that
as
management scholars there is more we can research than such "economic
effects", and that organizations are not simply innocent recipients of
these issues.
m.
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Charles Wankel wrote:
> Noticed a brief article on research of the effect of domestic violence
on
> the workplace.
>
> At:
>
>
http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/5461.htm
>
> and a shorter one
>
>
http://nwanews.com/story.php?paper=nwat
> <http://nwanews.com/story.php?paper=nwat§ion=News&storyid=33372>
> §ion=News&storyid=33372
>
>
>
> Two University of Arkansas researchers have released the results of
the
> first large-scale study specifically examining the effect of domestic
> violence on the workplace.
>
> The research was performed this summer by Carol Reeves, associate
professor
> of management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and lead
researcher
> on the study, and Anne O'Leary, chairman of the management department
in the
> business college.
>
> The results of the research show, among other things, that individuals
who
> have been abused miss work for health-related reasons more frequently
and
> are tardy more often than those who have not. The research also shows
that
> employees abused by an intimate partner are more exhausted more
frequently
> and have more difficulty concentrating at work than employees who are
not
> abused by an intimate partner. These results were true for both men
and
> women.
>
> Reeves said most of the statistics gathered in studies about domestic
> violence involve going into shelters and discussing it with women
there,
> which usually involves smaller study groups. In this case, the
researchers
> talked with women at two companies in Arkansas, interviewing 1,400
people,
> and plan to expand their research across the country to determine the
> effects of domestic violence on the workplace.
>
> Other studies have looked at the correlation between domestic violence
and
> work. One of them, performed in 1995 and 1996 by the Centers for
Disease
> Control, found that the annual cost of lost productivity due to
domestic
> violence equals $727.8 million, with more than $7.9 million paid
workdays
> lost each year.
>
>
>
>