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
- Multitasking: Switching costs
Subtle "switching" costs cut efficiency, raise risk.
- Managing your boss
Whether your boss is a lion or a pussycat, it helps to know how to manage upward.
- The Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program
PHWP educates the employer community about the link between employee health and well-being and organizational performance. It includes APA's Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards and a variety of resources for employers.
News
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Stong personalities are weak when faced with change
April 30, 2013, ScienceDaily
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Tracking workers' every move can boost productivity — and stress
April 8, 2013, Los Angeles Times
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Monkey study reveals why middle managers suffer the most stress
April 2, 2013, ScienceDaily
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Office stress: His vs. hers
March 4, 2013, The Wall Street Journal
Monitor on Psychology Articles
- Putting workers first
May 2012
- Help for unemployed Americans
January 2012
- An uncertain future for America's work force
September 2011
- Good work!
May 2011
Books
- Developing Self in Work and Career
September 2010
- The Glass Ceiling in the 21st Century
November 2008
- Gender and Occupational Outcomes
January 2008
- The Aging Workforce
September 2005
- Creating High-Tech Teams
August 2005
- Counterproductive Work Behavior
November 2004
APA Offices and Programs
- 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.
- The Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program
PHWP educates the employer community about the link between employee health and well-being and organizational performance. It includes APA's Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards and a variety of resources for employers.
