Employees who work remotely and by themselves have less direct supervision and exposure to the climate of their organisations. Remote or isolated workers can include those that are not necessarily working in geographically remote areas. Examples may include people who work outside of typical office hours such as real estate agents, convenience store personnel, long distance truck / train drivers, pack rangers and agricultural workers.Interestingly, research by the Liberty Mutual
A concept which is receiving an increasing amount of attention across many occupational areas is "Psychological Safety". This term can be defined as actions taken within an organisation to ensure the mental and emotional well-being of individuals within the work-group. Around Australia and New Zealand, Psychological Safety has great importance from OSH and "duty of care" perspectives. In the workplace there are a number of psychosocial hazards that can affect
Do you know why your employees resign? If you don't, you are in the majority. 84 percent of the 374 organisations in Australia and New Zealand surveyed by The Interview Group did not clearly understand why their staff chose to resign. Most companies use exit interviews to find out why employees resign. Exiting employees commonly do not answer honestly or fully. Exit interviews are not the best source to
