Psychology in the Workplace - Articles - Page 45

Supervisors must make the time to wield their influence

October 2, 2013

Supervisors and mid-level managers do not feel they have much influence over what makes employees emotionally invested and committed, such as company policies, pay, benefits changes, staffing levels, business decisions, or communications from above.

“Naïve science” plagues mining and oil & gas cultures

Marc Resnick

October 2, 2013

In commoditized industries where competition is based largely on who can offer the lowest price, there is an intense pressure to squeeze every penny out of the cost of operations.

A most unusual safety session

Dave Johnson

October 1, 2013

Here at the 2013 NSC Congress & Expo, an Egyptian surgeon, Alaa Zidan, who now works as a health and safety consultant in Bahrain, gave a presentation, “Positive Safety Culture and Emotional Intelligence,” that was probably unlike any safety presentation most in the audience had ever heard.

A new language emerges for safety

News from 2013 NSC Congress & Expo

Dave Johnson

October 1, 2013

Spend a day talking to safety pros and safety product trainers, consultants and PPE vendors and one thing strikes you: a new vocabulary is emerging in safety circles. You hear little talk about OSHA or compliance.

Lifestyle intervention improves high schoolers’ health

Research shows promise for teens at risk of becoming obese

September 20, 2013

A teacher-delivered intervention program promoting healthy lifestyles improved health behaviors, social skills, severe depression, and academic performance in high school adolescents, a study has found.

'Negative Working Conditions Score' linked to depression

September 18, 2013

Adverse working conditions are associated with the risk of depression in working-age adults, suggests a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

Americans stay digitally connected to work on weekends and vacations-

-and most say they like it

September 13, 2013

More than half of the employed adults surveyed recently by the American Psychological Association (APA) said they regularly check work messages during non-work hours, and four in 10 said they did it while on vacation.

Mental toughness : Are you developing yours?

David Sarkus MS, CSP

September 5, 2013

Everything hasn’t always been rosy in my safety career, just as things haven’t been in yours.

Recognizing workers’ accomplishments must be genuine – or it can be counter-productive

Brian Galonek

September 5, 2013

I define “The Four Pillars of Safety” as engagement, recognition, communications and measurement.

Licensing and royalty fees can blunt safety advances

Shawn M. Galloway

September 5, 2013

Practices to improve safety performance and culture have and will continue to evolve, due to advances in thinking born from a continuous pursuit to challenge the status quo.