Employee Health Archives

Employee Health – Posted on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

What Is the Best Day for Working?

The traditional workweek runs from Monday to Friday, but for most employees not all days are the same. Monday you … Continue reading >What Is the Best Day for Working?

Employee Health – Posted on August 18, 2020September 13, 2020

Stress Crossover from Followers to Leaders

Being a leader is challenging as you have to deal with not only those above you, but those below you … Continue reading >Stress Crossover from Followers to Leaders

Employee Health – Posted on February 23, 2020September 14, 2020

Modeling Workplace Safety

How much does leadership affect the safety of the workplace? For supervisors how important is modeling workplace safety? New research … Continue reading >Modeling Workplace Safety

Employee Health – Posted on December 30, 2019September 14, 2020

What Is Occupational Health Psychology

The workplace can be a dangerous place. Employees can be exposed to many threats to both their physical and psychological … Continue reading >What Is Occupational Health Psychology

Employee Health, Organizational Behavior – Posted on November 29, 2019September 14, 2020

When Helping Is Not Helping

We have all had instances when we tried to help someone, but our help wound up to be not really … Continue reading >When Helping Is Not Helping

Employee Health, Organizational Behavior – Posted on October 14, 2019September 14, 2020

Psychological Safety Is Important

To thrive at work, people need to feel psychologically safe. That means not worrying about job demands being excessive, about … Continue reading >Psychological Safety Is Important

Employee Health – Posted on September 16, 2019September 14, 2020

Challenge Hindrance Stress

Many stress researchers divide stressful job conditions or stressors into those that challenge employees to do well versus those that … Continue reading >Challenge Hindrance Stress

Employee Health – Posted on August 27, 2019September 14, 2020

Don’t Take Workplace Incivility Home

Jane is a hospital nurse who takes pride in caring for patients. One day she was with an ill patient … Continue reading >Don’t Take Workplace Incivility Home

Employee Health – Posted on August 5, 2019September 14, 2020

Bureaucracy Can Be Stressful

A common complaint by employees is that their organizations are too bureaucratic. As an employee of a state university, it … Continue reading >Bureaucracy Can Be Stressful

Employee Health, Marketing – Posted on July 29, 2019September 14, 2020

Mistreatment by Customers

If you have ever held a customer service job, you know that mistreatment by customers can come with the territory. … Continue reading >Mistreatment by Customers

Employee Health – Posted on July 26, 2019September 14, 2020

Substance Abuse and the Workplace

On August 12, 2019 (11 – 12 pm, Grand Ballrooms 7-8) I gave a talk on substance abuse and the … Continue reading >Substance Abuse and the Workplace

Employee Health, Organizational Behavior – Posted on July 2, 2019September 14, 2020

Workplace Incivility Linked to Burnout

Nursing is a tough profession as nurses must deal with a variety of challenges including being the target of mistreatment, … Continue reading >Workplace Incivility Linked to Burnout

Employee Health, Leadership, Organizational Behavior – Posted on April 25, 2019September 14, 2020

Employee Mistreatment

The #metoomovement has focused much needed attention on sexual harassment in the workplace. Sexual harassment is a serious problem for … Continue reading >Employee Mistreatment

Employee Health, Organizational Behavior – Posted on April 11, 2019September 14, 2020

Emotional Labor and Alcohol Use

A new study caught my eye about the link between emotional labor and alcohol use among customer service workers. When … Continue reading >Emotional Labor and Alcohol Use

Employee Health, Organizational Behavior – Posted on February 8, 2019September 14, 2020

Job Stress from Workload

As someone who studies job stress, I found this Workers’ Compensation Institute article about severe stress among Uber investigators interesting. … Continue reading >Job Stress from Workload