Element 2: Adequate Resources and Psychosocial Support
Before employers are justified in administering appropriate consequences, they should first provide their employees with the means and methods to achieve the standards of performance that have been established. Employers should provide a safe and healthful physical workplace and supportive psychosocial workplace environment.
Physical resources: Helps to ensure safe and healthful conditions and exposures. Examples include safe tools, equipment, machinery, materials, workstations, facilities, and environment. State and Federal OSHA agencies emphasize this category.
Psychosocial support: The prevention of psychosocial stress is closely linked to the promotion of a healthy work environment. Stress normally refers to feelings of strain, tenseness, nervousness, and reduced feelings of control. Stress takes our mind off of the work we're doing and increases the chance of being injured or ill.
Examples of psychosocial factors that increase stress include job dissatisfaction, monotonous work, pressure to work fast, limited job control, and lack of positive consequences.
Examples of ways to support the psychosocial environment that reduce stress include:
- effective safety education and training,
- reasonable work schedules and production quotas,
- human resource programs,
- safe work procedures,
- competent management, and
- tough-caring leadership.
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1-6. Which of the following is a good example of psychosocial support to improve employee compliance behaviors?
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