Psychology in the Workplace - Articles - Page 46

Employees can close the gaps in your safety culture

Understanding how to successfully engage and empower your workforce is key to ensuring that your organization can start and continue the journey toward safety culture excellence.

Brett Haskins CSP

September 5, 2013

Empowering front-line workers — those who stand to benefit the most from an effective safety process — is a concept that has been talked about much over the last decade

Combination of long hours, demanding jobs increases depression risk

Making changes reduces likelihood

August 16, 2013

Employees who work long hours with high job demands are more likely to develop depression, suggests a study in the August Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

How to address employee disengagement

August 15, 2013

An alarming Gallup poll published earlier this year is still sending shockwaves throughout the business community: Most American workers either hate their jobs or don’t care one way or the other about them.

Psychological abuse is the first warning: Run, get out

Dee Louis-Scott

August 6, 2013

Psychological abuse can be as damaging to the psyche as physical abuse can be to the body, yet little is written about this common problem, which is typically the precursor to physical abuse. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), 95 percent of men who physically abuse their intimate partners also psychologically abuse them.

Florida workers stressed out about hurricanes

Study finds high anxiety related to possibility of storms

July 9, 2013

Recent uneventful hurricane seasons have done little to calm Florida workers’ fear of hurricanes, according to a new study by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Business Administration at the Florida State University College of Business.

Every safety pro’s headache: conflict resolution

Dave Johnson

June 25, 2013

Wednesday afternoon at ASSE’s Safety 2013 features a topic every safety professional deals with at some point or another, as described by the session title: “Conflict Management Strategies for the Real World.”

Mental health needs to take its seat at the table

Separation from physical health concerns needs to end

June 20, 2013

Mental health professionals need to be part of primary care teams to ensure that patients get complete care that addresses both mental and physical health, according to the head of the American Psychology Association (APA). In a panel hosted recently by the White House’s National Conference on Mental Health, Norman B. Anderson, PhD, said the U.S. needs to end the traditional separation of substance abuse and mental health problems from physical health problems.

Study: work environment affects workers’ mental health

Assignments without resources, conflicting roles cause distress

June 12, 2013

Employees who face high emotional demand and conflicting roles are more likely to report psychological distress — placing them at higher risk of mental health disorders and reduced productivity, reports a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

Safety processes need constant reinforcement

Timothy Ludwig Ph.D.

June 7, 2013

Consider your safety process. Certainly your safety management systems such as your procedures, rules, reporting systems, inspections, hazard identification, safety training and the like act as a sort of foundation and structure that we hope will reduce hazards and associated risk

Psychologically safe: Address conditions & states of mind

A company’s culture can be simplistically described as what an organization says it values and how it acts on these values.

Judith Erickson Ph.D.

June 7, 2013

During the past 20 years there has been increasing evidence of the role that corporate, or organizational, culture plays in determining safety performance.