Overall, gender differences rather than gender similarities characterize workplace violence. Workplace incidents of violence committed against male and female employees were distinguished by: (1) trends in the extent of workplace violence; (2) the type of violence; (3) work-related deaths; (4) the type of occupation; (5) job characteristics; (6) the victim-offender relationship; (7) the motives behind the violence; and (8) the impacts of the violence. The paper also discusses security and violence prevention issues and directions for the future, including research into: the distinction between full time and part-time workers, the psychological impacts on victims after the victimization, development and testing of theory-based hypotheses as to why gender differences and similarities exist in workplace violence, and what employers and employees are doing to address violence in the workplace. Notes