background: workplace violence has become an issue of increasing concern. residents are often the first physician that patients will meet them. objectives: we conducted this study to evaluate workplace violence against medical residents in iran. materials and methods: in a cross sectional questionnaire based study we asked 1107 medical residents about violence exposure during past 12 months. re...

The prior literature has suggested that gaming venue employees might be an at-risk group for developing gambling problems. A variety of occupational stressors and workplace factors were uncovered for causing the elevated risk. However, little theory-driven research has been conducted to investigate Asian gaming venue employees’ experience of work stress and gambling behavior. Adopting the trans...

themes, and in the United Kingdom, one theme has origins in United Kingdom legislation [Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA), 1974] that promoted safe and healthy working environments. This theme puts the onus on the employer for the organization of the physical and psychosocial work domain. The other theme is related to the behavior, attitude, and lifestyle of the worker and is entrenched in p...

Psychological Capital (PsyCap) construct is a core concept of positive psychology consisting of the positive psychological resources of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience. Previous studies confirmed link of PsyCap with employee attitude, behavior, workplace outcomes and job performance. In today's competitive environment, it is a challenging task for all organizations to enhance the ...

Objective: This paper describes a behavior change intervention that encourages active commuting using electrically assisted bikes (e-bikes) for health promotion in the workplace. This paper presents the preliminary findings of the intervention's impact on improving employee well-being and organizational behavior, as an indicator of potential business success. Method: Employees of a UK-based org...

OBJECTIVE The present study analyzed relationship of workplace violence and perpetrators of violence on sleep disturbance among wage workers in Korea. METHODS The present study used data from the 4th Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) of 2014 in selecting a total of 25,138wage workers as the study population, which excluded those who failed or refused to respond to questions required for...

The body of research that focuses on employees’ Information Security Policy compliance is problematic as it treats compliance as a single behavior. This study explored the underlying behavioral context of information security in the workplace, exploring how individual and organizational factors influence the interplay of the motivations and barriers of security behaviors. Investigating factors ...

BACKGROUND Investigations on workplace bullying in the countries of Eastern Europe are yet not too extensive. The aim of the study has been to identify the most frequent bullying behavior and to explore the associations with psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms in 3 female-dominated occupations in Kaunas, Lithuania. MATERIAL AND METHODS This crosssectional study employed ...