• Dr. Phurailatpam Dinakumari Sharma

The purpose of the study was to explore the prevalence of workplace violence committed by different age groups, work experience and educational qualification of professionals working in different organizational sectors. The workplace violence questionnaire was completed by 550 professionals ranging from the age group of below 35 years of age and 55 years or more years having educational background ranging from SSC to post-graduation from the Vadodara district of Gujarat. The data was analyzed using SPSS package version 20. For the purpose of the study it has been hypothesized that that (a) there will be significant differences among employees from different age groups across the dimensions of workplace violence (b) there will be a significant effect of educational qualification on the workplace violence dimensions . A structured interview schedule was used to take open-ended response from these professionals working in different professions. The subjects consist of supervisor, manager, professional level as well as non-supervisory and technical staff level. The findings of the study revealed that (a) employees of the age ranging from 55 years and above perceived more illegitimate pressure to a greater degree as compared to employees in other age groups and (b) the effect of educational qualification of the employees was observed in the perception of workplace bullying, illegitimate pressure and discrimination and sexual harassment.

Globalization, bullying, actively hostile environment, sexual harassment, discrimination, illegitimate pressure, Workplace violence

"Impact of age and educational qualification of the workforces on the perception of workplace violence", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.612-625, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908088.pdf

"Impact of age and educational qualification of the workforces on the perception of workplace violence", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp612-625, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908088.pdf