Exam 7: Psychosocial Hazards

Ergun works from a home office as a salesperson for a large drug company. How can his sales manager determine whether working from home is a psychosocial hazard for Ergun?

Offering on-site fitness centres is an example of a tertiary stress intervention.

Why have primary stress interventions not been widely implemented in Canada?

The Pfizer company bans emails between 6pm and 6am and on weekends to help manage the stress related to technology.

Which of the following is most likely to be an outcome of family-to-work conflict?

Cyberbullying (tweets, comments on Facebook) is a form of interactional injustice.

The life of a highly paid professional athlete would seem to be all positive, but evidence shows that many elite athletes are exposed to a range of workplace stressors that are both similar to and different from those experienced by those in more "typical" occupations. Many athletes experience depression and other mental health issues both during and after their playing career. -If the team provides laptops with Skype for communicating with family and friends while the team is on the road, what type of stress intervention would this be and what type of work-family conflict could it help to reduce?

The life of a highly paid professional athlete would seem to be all positive, but evidence shows that many elite athletes are exposed to a range of workplace stressors that are both similar to and different from those experienced by those in more "typical" occupations. Many athletes experience depression and other mental health issues both during and after their playing career. -Every athlete on a professional sports team is hired on a contract basis, with no guarantee of permanent employment. What type of stressor is contract negotiation?

What is an example of an organizational secondary stress intervention?

Identify and explain 5 of the 13 organizational factors that affect psychological health identified by CSA-Z1003-13.

Mateo is a medical resident who works long hours in a high-stress environment. He can't cut back on his hours or the stressors, so to stay healthy and avoid strain he hits the gym several days a week. This is best described as which of the following?

Describe the four strategies researchers and practitioners of occupational health psychology rely on to help reduce work-related psychological disorders.

Explain three reasons organization address the issues of mental health at work.

What are the four components that researchers and practitioners of occupational health psychology focus on to reduce work-related psychosocial disorders?

General adaption syndrome describes the body's way of reducing stress as it continues to adapt to stressors

Based on the factors identified in the NIOSH model of workplace stressors, whose job has the most potential to be stressful?

A moderator is a variable that increases the negative effects of stress.

Asthma is correlated to stress.

Ruby Lee is always late to meetings, and her typical excuse is "I just tried to get one more thing done." Javier Suarez is always on time and drums his fingers on the table while he waits for Ruby. Ruby and Javier are both Type A personalities.

Which of the following is NOT a category conceptualized by the NIOSH model?