Exam 7: Psychosocial Hazards

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?

What is an example of an organizational secondary stress intervention?

Which of the following is an example of a primary stress intervention?

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

If an organization is concerned about work-family conflict,what aspects of work-family conflict should it identify and address to fully understand the issue?

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

What is an example of an individual tertiary stress intervention?

If an employer announces a layoff of 25% of employees,job insecurity would be what type of stressor?

How can an employer or human resource manager manage mental health illness in the workplace?

Employees may perceive annual performance reviews as an acute stressor.

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

The Canadian standard for psychological health and safety at work (CSA-Z1003-14)identifies 15 organizational factors that affect psychological health at work.

GPS tracking systems on company vehicles that show the company where their driver is at all times and how fast they are going are an example of an acute stressor.

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

Describe and distinguish among the concepts of stressor,stress,and strain.Provide an example to support your answer.

Technology can result in workers feeling isolated in the workplace.

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?

What two personality characteristics are particularly relevant to stress?

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

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