Willingness to report in military workplace violence scenarios: Initial findings from the Marine Corps on the impact of rank and relationship to the person of concern

  • Low, E. C., Scalora, M. J., Bulling, D. J., DeKraai, M. B., & Siddoway, K. R. (2024). Willingness to report in military workplace violence scenarios: Initial findings from the Marine Corps on the impact of rank and relationship to the person of concern. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 11(1), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1037/tam0000202
  • As part of a broader Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to prevent workplace violence, this study sought to understand Service members’ willingness to report concerning behavior potentially related to workplace violence. 652 Marines were asked to indicate whether they would report concerning behavior based on the person’s relationship to the Marine (i.e., family member, friend, stranger), employment status (i.e., contractor, civilian, another Marine), and relative rank (i.e., higher or lower than the respondent). Willingness to report based on these characteristics was then compared by respondent rank (i.e., junior enlisted, noncommissioned officers, commissioned officers). Marines were generally willing to report concerning behavior witnessed in the workplace. Junior enlisted Marines were typically more reluctant than officers to report concerning behavior involving a range of characteristics.

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