Workplace issues
Workplace issues are of great interest to psychologists, since most people spend a third of their adult lives at work. Work defines people in the most basic way, which is one reason retirement is so difficult for many people. For psychologists, other key issues include matching people and jobs, finding ways to reduce workplace stress and studying people's motivation and job satisfaction.
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology
What You Can Do
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Multitasking: Switching costs
Subtle "switching" costs cut efficiency, raise risk.
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Managing your boss
Whether your boss is a lion or a pussycat, it helps to know how to manage upward.
Getting Help
News
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Decide whether you are cut out for a work-from-home job
June 30, 2017, Newsday
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Handling workplace biases
June 20, 2017, Huffington Post
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Half of us aren't happy to discuss mental health at work
May 3, 2017, BBC News
Related APA Publications
APA Offices and Programs
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Work, Stress and Health Office
The Work, Stress and Health Office promotes research, training, practice and policy to examine the impact of the changing organization of work on stress, health, safety and productivity in the workplace.







