Abstract The bureaucratic and impersonal nature of public management can fertilize workplace bullying and risks for psychological health and safety. Psychological safety climate (PSC) is an important indicator to reduce psychological hazards. Yet, there have been few studies conducted to examine the existence of PSC in the public sector in non-Western economies. This study examined […]
Abstract Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) is defined as shared perceptions of organizational policies, practices and procedures for the protection of worker psychological health and safety, that stem largely from management practices. PSC theory extends the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) framework and proposes that organizational level PSC determines work conditions and subsequently, psychological health problems and work […]
In my previous couple of posts, I’ve written about some papers that explore the relationship between organisational / safety climate and the risks of workplace violence. This post covered a paper on Determinants of workplace violence against clinical physicians in hospitals. This one explored the relationship between safety climate and verbal abuse among public hospital-based […]
Another quick summary from Wu et al. (2015) on the determinants of workplace violence against clinical physicians in (Taiwanese) hospitals. This paper adds further weight to the business case for an improved safety climate in workplaces, in this case; hospitals, as a protective factor against workplace violence. Abstract Objectives: Workplace violence in the health sector […]
Despite the critical role they play in shaping society and organisational culture and practice, the role of government regulators and external influences is the least researched level of the vertical system structure (see Rasmussen’s Hierarchical Sociotechnical System Structure). Much more work needs to be done in this space. During COVID lockdowns, based on anecdotal evidence […]
As the title indicates, this paper explored the relationships between social (dis)organisation and social ties and workplace sexual harassment. The authors’ aim was to identify predictors of sexual harassment victimisation in the workplace. Sexual harassment has been defined by the (USA) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as, “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and other […]