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Using a quantitative diary design, the purpose of this paper is to gain insight in the workplace violence phenomenon by examining whether within-person fluctuations in fear of future violence is linked to within-person levels of burnout. In addition, authors investigated whether this relationship was stronger for those low in job control. Finally, psychological violence was proposed as a cross-level moderator of the relation between fear of future violent events at work and burnout.

A diary study was conducted among 40 doctors on duty. Participants completed a general questionnaire and a diary booklet (one diary every 10-working days; 40 × 5 = 200 occasions).

Multilevel analyses showed that fear of future violence was linked to emotional exhaustion and cynicism. Job control did not moderate the relationship between fear of future violence and cynicism but moderated the relationship between …