This study assesses different types of work-related intimate partner violence IPV perpetration and their relationship to perpetrators' work performance and employment.
This study assesses different types of work-related intimate partner violence IPV perpetration and their relationship to perpetrators' work performance and employment. We determine if groups of abusive men with similar patterns of work-related IPV exist and then examine whether the patterns are related to their characteristics, job performance, and employment outcomes. Participants were 198 adult men 60% Latino, 40% non-Latino from batterer intervention programs BIPs who self-reported their lifetime work-related IPV and job outcomes. Five distinct clusters were identified and named based on the pattern predominance or absence of different work-related abusive behaviors reported: a low-level tactics, b job interference, c job interference with threatened or actual violence, d extreme abuse without jealousy and e extreme abuse. Analyses revealed significant differences between the clusters on ethnicity, parental status, partner's employment status, income, education, and among Latinos only acculturation. The probability of men's work-related IPV substantially impacting their own job performance was nearly 4 times greater among those in the extreme abuse cluster than those in the low-level tactics cluster. These data inform the development of employee training programs and workplace policies for reducing IPV that affects the workplace. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.