Managing Psychosocial Hazards and Work-Related Stress in Today's Work Environment: International Insights for U.S. Organizations - Paperback

by Ellen Pinkos Cobb (Author)

Today's evolving world of work makes it imperative for employers to manage psychosocial hazards (PSH) and risks leading to work-related stress. This book contains essential, general, and country-specific information and templates for the successful management of hazards to prevent psychological harm in the workplace.

Acknowledged as global issues affecting all workers and industries, PSH are work factors that have the potential to lead to physical or psychological injury and stress, relating to how work is designed, organized, and managed, and to work relationships and interactions. This book advances the idea that management of PSH, and psychological health and safety, is part of the duty of care of today's responsible and ethical employers to employees, and that U.S. employers should recognize this responsibility. Clear and easy to follow, this guide presents comprehensive information on addressing PSH, discussing measures taken internationally (laws, guidance, and resources from Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Japan), and a new global standard on psychological health and safety at work. (Note: At times within this book, and Part II in particular, punctuation may be added to quoted provisions for ease of reading and for consistency.)

Practitioners and students in the fields of management, occupational health and safety, human resource management, ethics and compliance, occupational health psychology, and organizational psychology will come away with a deeper understanding of the importance of PSH and their management.

Author Biography

Ellen Pinkos Cobb is an attorney, author, and subject matter expert on international workplace bullying and harassment laws, with many years of experience working in the international occupational health and safety and U.S. employment discrimination areas. This book is her third with Routledge; she has previously published International Sexual Harassment Laws for the Multinational Employer (2020) and Workplace Bullying and Harassment: New Developments in International Law (2017). Much of this book was written as a 2020-2021 Visiting Researcher at Bentley University's Hoffman Center for Business Ethics.