Psychosocial workplace safety in mental health services – Commentary and considerations to improve safety
Based on the Extended Job Demand-Resource model, the Psychosocial Safety Climate model has been developed and validated in community and healthcare environments. Psychosocial safety is also an Australian workplace safety requirement. An important direction to improve working conditions, reduce adverse outcomes, and improve recruitment and retention of healthcare workers, may be to adopt and formalise psychosocial workplace safety as a key performance indicator of equal importance to productivity for mental healthcare services.
Authors
- Tarun Joseph Bastiampillai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-2913)
- Paul A Maguire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-9918)
- Steve R Kisely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-2924)
- Stephen C Allison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9264-5310)
- Jeffrey CL Looi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3351-6911)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Canberra Hospital (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australasian Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562241283206
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85