The impact of terrorism on the workplace
Type
book section
Date Issued
2018-01-29
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
In the last fifteen to twenty years, businesses and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have increasingly become the focus of potential targets of terrorist acts (Elango, Graf, & Hemmasi, 2008). This is not only true for volatile and politically instable regions (Global Terrorism Database (GTD), 2015; Institute for Economics and Peace, 2016). Targets have been traced all around the globe and many Western nations became victims of terrorist attacks, as several events in the past have tragically shown. Most recently, the bombing in May 2017 in Manchester revealed this development. Such terrorist acts can be defined as “[…] the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation”(Global Terrorism Database, 2016).
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Book title
Violence and abuse in and around organisations
Publisher
Routledge
Start page
103
End page
126
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
260363