Categories: Employee Health – Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Workplace Bullying Is a Problem for Organizations Helen Green was a bank employee who experienced an emotional breakdown requiring hospitalization after extended bullying at work. The company … Continue reading >Workplace Bullying Is a Problem for Organizations
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 What Is Workplace Ostracism? What is workplace ostracism? No matter the setting, we all want to belong. After all, self-determination theory tells us that … Continue reading >What Is Workplace Ostracism?
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 The Stress of Being a Paramedic It is hard to think of a job that deals with more trauma than a paramedic. These first responders are … Continue reading >The Stress of Being a Paramedic
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Unhelpful Help Is Detrimental Social Support Two years ago and again last week I blogged about research I’ve done with Cheryl Gray about her new concept … Continue reading >Unhelpful Help Is Detrimental Social Support
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Work Overload and Underload Are Both Stressful There is little doubt that having too much to do at work can be overwhelming and stressful. Excessive demands can … Continue reading >Work Overload and Underload Are Both Stressful
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on November 29, 2021September 8, 2022 Training Can Improve Workplace Safety Work can be a dangerous place. Every day people are injured and even killed on the job. Keeping employees safe … Continue reading >Training Can Improve Workplace Safety
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on October 25, 2021September 8, 2022 Is Perfectionism Bad for Your Health? I’ve known many colleagues and students who struggle with perfectionism. While high standards for your work can be productive, excessive … Continue reading >Is Perfectionism Bad for Your Health?
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on July 13, 2021September 8, 2022 Nurse Understaffing Can Cause Medical Errors No one is perfect, so it is inevitable that medical errors will occur. Although most errors are minor and result … Continue reading >Nurse Understaffing Can Cause Medical Errors
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on June 13, 2021September 8, 2022 Everyone Deserves to Have Decent Work I have been doing research for a book on job satisfaction and came across a concept that really resonated with … Continue reading >Everyone Deserves to Have Decent Work
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on May 3, 2021September 8, 2022 How to Build a Healthier Work Organization Last week I sat down with Ben Baran and Chris Everett of the Indigo Podcast to talk about health in … Continue reading >How to Build a Healthier Work Organization
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on March 16, 2021September 8, 2022 Being Rude Is Not the Same As Being a Bully Work can be a nasty place. Employees can experience abuse and mistreatment from peers, supervisors, subordinates and even the public. … Continue reading >Being Rude Is Not the Same As Being a Bully
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on March 8, 2021February 7, 2022 Having a Good Psychosocial Safety Climate Is Important Working can be stressful, so it is important that organizations do what they can to manage stress. All jobs can … Continue reading >Having a Good Psychosocial Safety Climate Is Important
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on March 1, 2021September 8, 2022 Nursing Is One of the Hardest Occupations There are health and safety risks for every occupation, with some having more injuries than others. The landscaper who mows … Continue reading >Nursing Is One of the Hardest Occupations
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on February 15, 2021September 8, 2022 Social Support Is Important for Police Stress Policing is a highly stressful job. These first responders put themselves at risk both physically and psychologically in carrying out … Continue reading >Social Support Is Important for Police Stress
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on February 2, 2021September 8, 2022 How To Hire People Able to Be Safe In 2019 in the U.S. alone there were more than 5,300 workplace fatalities and more than 2.8 million workplace illnesses … Continue reading >How To Hire People Able to Be Safe
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on December 16, 2020September 8, 2022 Workplace Injury Is the Silent Pandemic With COVID-19 capturing all the media attention, it is easy to overlook the other global pandemic that has been going … Continue reading >Workplace Injury Is the Silent Pandemic
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on September 14, 2020September 8, 2022 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?
Categories: Employee Health – Posted on August 18, 2020September 8, 2022 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