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Safety, Health, Well-Being, and Security: Prepared by Joseph Mosca Monmouth University
Safety, Health, Well-Being, and Security: Prepared by Joseph Mosca Monmouth University
Safety, Health,
Well-Being,
and Security
Employee training is an
important part of attempts
to control accidents at
work.
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Controlling Occupational Diseases
Organizations should
be thoroughly familiar
with all hazardous
circumstances in the
work environment that
might cause
occupational diseases.
If these hazards can be
eliminated or
minimized, then the
organization should
attempt to do so.
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Illumination, Temperature, and Office
and Work-Space Design
Evidence shows that extremes of temperature
(in either direction) can affect both attitudes and
decision making on the job.
Different tasks require different levels of optimal
lighting, and employees who perceive their work
environments as dark are less satisfied.
Background music can improve attitudes and
performance.
Stress is a person’s
adaptive response to
a stimulus that
places excessive
psychological or
physical demands on
him or her.
Type A Personality:
characterized by being
highly competitive and
highly focused on work,
with few interests outside
of work.
Terrorists