title: Workplace violence investigations and activation of the threat management teams in a multinational corporation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined threat management investigations conducted by a large multinational company.
  
  
  METHODS
  The company provided a database, removing any identifiers, of investigations by the corporate Threat Management Teams in 2009 and 2010. Rates were calculated using worker population data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the 2-year study period, the company investigated threat management cases at a rate of 13.9 per 10,000 employees per year. Cases that activated a Threat Management Team were more likely to lead to corrective action (odds ratio = 2.0; 95% confidence interval = 1.08 to 3.87) and referral to the Employee Assistance Program (odds ratio = 4.8; 95% confidence interval = 3.00 to 7.77), but were not related to likelihood of termination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When the multidisciplinary teams were involved, cases were more likely to result in some type of action but were not more likely to lead to termination.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Injury Prevention Research Center (Drs Peek-Asa and Ramirez), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Department of Epidemiology and Injury Prevention Research Center (Dr Casteel), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Eugene A. Rugala & Associates (Mr Rugala), LLC, Beaufort, SC; and Stephen J. Romano & Associates (Mr Romano), LLC, Simpsonville, SC.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peek-Asa
authors.forename: Carri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casteel
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rugala
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Marizen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramirez
mesh_terms: D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000517:prevention & control; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004647:Employee Discipline; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration