Psychological Workplace Violence Against Older People in Lithuania

Bibliographic Data

ID21870443
AuthorsAistė Leščinskaitė (Lithuanian Social Research Centre, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume16
Issue1
Pages42-59
Publication date2023-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBaltic Journal of Law and Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2029-0454 • E-ISSN: 2029-0454
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/bjlp-2023-0003
OpenAlexW4387951788
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

Changes in regulation and legislation place an obligation on employers to provide proper and safe working conditions for employees. In this context, it is important to determine if psychological violence prevention efforts are actually effective and whether the more vulnerable employees, older workers, are exercising their rights to defend themselves against the psychological violence they experience without fear of losing their jobs. This article presents theoretical and empirical data which sheds light on the nature of the psychological violence experienced by older people, the positions of people who exercise psychological violence in the employer’s organization, and the prevalence of, reasons behind, and forms and consequences of this psychological violence. The study behind this article was conducted by giving questionnaires to employers and employee representatives – i.e. trade unions – with identical questions. The responses of employers and employee representatives on the topic of psychological violence experienced by older workers are fundamentally different, which means that there is not enough social dialogue in this area between employees and employers

Criminology · Environmental health · Legislation · Obligation · Poison control · Political science · Psychological contract · Public relations · Suicide prevention · Workplace violence · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Law · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying