Copyright ©2012 by Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.12- 1 Chapter 12 Safety, Health, Well-Being, and Security Prepared by Joseph Mosca Monmouth University.

Copyright ©2012 by Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 12- 1

Chapter 12

Safety, Health, Well-Being, and Security

Prepared by Joseph Mosca

Monmouth University


Learning Objectives

1. Identify and discuss the central elements associated with employee safety and health.

2. Discuss the basic issues involved in the physical work environment.

3. Discus health- and stress-management in organizations.

4. Identify and describe the most important HR-related security issues in organizations.


Organizations and OSHA

OSHA authorized the U.S. government to create and enforce various standards regarding occupational safety and health.

OSHA was assigned to the Department of Labor.

The Department of Health was given the task of sponsoring research to establish criteria for various tasks and occupations and for training in employee compliance.


Controlling Accidents at Work

Safety engineers are experts who carefully study the workplace, try to identify and isolate particularly dangerous situations, and recommend solutions for dealing with those situations.

Employee training is an important part of attempts to control accidents at work.


Controlling Occupational Diseases

Organizations should be thoroughly familiar with all hazardous circumstances in the work environment that might cause occupational diseases.

If these hazards can be eliminated or minimized, then the organization should attempt to do so.


Illumination, Temperature, and Office and Work-Space Design

Evidence shows that extremes of temperature (in either direction) can affect both attitudes and decision making on the job.

Different tasks require different levels of optimal lighting, and employees who perceive their work environments as dark are less satisfied.

Background music can improve attitudes and performance.


Causes of Stress at Work

Stress is a person’s adaptive response to a stimulus that places excessive psychological or physical demands on him or her.


Stress and Personality Types

Type A Personality:characterized by beinghighly competitive andhighly focused on work,with few interests outsideof work.

Type B Personality: characterized by being less aggressive, more patient and easy-going, and less prone to stress.


Consequences of Stress at Work

Burnout is a general feeling of exhaustion that develops when an individual simultaneously experiences too much pressure and too few sources of satisfaction.


Consequences of Stress at Work (cont)

Turnover refers to people leaving their jobs, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (i.e., they are terminated).

When turnover involves especially productive people, it becomes a cost to the organization, for then those individuals need to be replaced and trained.


Wellness Programs in Organizations

Institutional programs for managing stress are undertaken through established organizational mechanisms.

Collateral stress programs are organizational programs created specifically to help employees deal with stress.


Workplace Security

A safe environment makes employees feel secure.

Employees need to feel safe from: Bombings Kidnappings Terrorists

U.S. firms are engaging in

high-level emergency preparedness.

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