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1. 1. human-resources.press-world.com

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   Published on: 1/4/2006   Last Visited: 5/6/2006

   Workplace violence protection expert, Dr. George Cassidy, bases his philosophies for workplace violence assessments and seminars on the root cause of the aggression, rather than solely focusing on the perpetrator. - press release on Press World (press-world.com)
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   Workplace violence protection expert, Dr. George Cassidy, bases his philosophies for workplace violence assessments and seminars on the root cause of the aggression, rather than solely focusing on the perpetrator.
   
   Denver, CO (PRWEB) August, 2003 -- Dr. George Cassidy, senior research consultant for Crestone Research Group has a unique take on the workplace violence issue, one that seems to run contrary to popular wisdom. While most programs offered to employers are heavily loaded toward screening out potentially aggressive employees during the hiring process, Dr. Cassidy's research has led Crestone to place its emphasis instead on workplace culture - the day to day structure of the workplace and its conditions - particularly those pertaining to "fairness" issues.
   
   Dr. Cassidy argues that there is a vast difference between psychological explanations, where we look to some characteristic peculiar to the individual involved to explain a phenomenon and sociological explanations, where we look to the situation the individual is in to explain why they act they way they do. "Workplace violence is not produced by individuals who are 'crazy,'" Dr. Cassidy says, "It is a reaction to the structure of the workplace itself and anyone caught up in it is a potential aggressor.
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   Dr. Cassidy says that programs that claim to identify potentially aggressive employees are a fairly safe way to start on a workplace violence prevention system, but they are not sufficient to produce a peaceful, productive workplace. "This is not rocket science," he explains, "It boils down to two major features that must be present in the workplace: ethical behavior modeled by supervisory personnel, and a patently good-faith effort on the part of management to ensure fairness in all dealings with employees."
   
   According to Dr. Cassidy, these two components are not easy to come by and usually need to be initiated from the outside. Companies are beginning to respond to this thinking, but it is easy in the aftermath of 9/11 and our obsession with tracking down terrorists to focus on quick fixes that identify potential aggressors and to ignore what is at the root of the aggression. If a company has a workplace violence prevention program in place, Dr. Cassidy highly recommends that the company retain an outside agency to evaluate its effectiveness.
   
   Dr. Cassidy is an Urban Sociologist/Demographer with a special interest in the structure of organizations, particularly workplace settings. His received his Doctorate from Brown University in 1988 in Sociology/Demography; Master's Degree from the University of Chicago in Social Science in 1973; and Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State University in Anthropolgy in 1971. Recent research includes the following: "Assessment and Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT)," Colorado Springs, Colorado; and "Design and Implementation of Participant and Facilitator Protocols for Community Problem Solving," Colorado Regional Community Policing Institute. He is a member of the American Sociological Association; Education Committee, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce; and the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
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   Dr. Cassidy may be reached at 303-947-6209 or by email at gcassidy@socialsciencetogo.com.

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   Denver, CO (PRWEB) August, 2003 -- Dr. George Cassidy, senior research consultant for Crestone Research Group has a unique take on the workplace violence issue, one that seems to run contrary to popular wisdom.

3. 3. Services of Social Science To Go - survey design and analysis, program development and evaluation, training seminars and talks, database design, qualitative studies, Crestone Research Group

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   Published on: 4/29/2004   Last Visited: 4/29/2004

   George Cassidy, Ph.D. Crestone Research Group 303.947.6209 fax 303.377.2203