{"id":8922,"date":"2012-03-15T03:10:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T01:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/refilethree-in-10-workers-say-workplace-not-psychologically-safe\/"},"modified":"2012-03-15T03:10:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T01:10:29","slug":"refilethree-in-10-workers-say-workplace-not-psychologically-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/refilethree-in-10-workers-say-workplace-not-psychologically-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"REFILE:Three in 10 workers say workplace not psychologically safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK, March 14<\/span> (Reuters) – Companies around the
\nglobe have work to do to improve worker satisfaction because
\nthree in 10 employees say their workplace is not psychologically
\nsafe and healthy, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n

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Whether it is due to stress, interpersonal conflict,
\nfrustration, lack of feedback or promotion, 27 percent of
\nworkers in 24 countries said they are not happy with the
\npsychological aspects of their work environment, the survey by
\nresearch company Ipsos for Reuters showed.<\/p>\n

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“Employers need to pay attention to their employees’ mental
\nhealth, not just their physical health,” said Alexandra
\nEvershed, senior vice president, Ipsos Public Affairs. “Three in
\n10 is still a fairly large proportion and that goes up to 44
\npercent and 43 percent in Argentina and Mexico and 42 percent in
\nHungary,”<\/p>\n

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Nearly half, 47 percent, of the total of 14,618 workers
\npolled agreed that their workplace was ‘a psychologically safe
\nand healthy environment to work in’ and 26 percent hovered on
\nthe fence and weren’t sure.<\/p>\n

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Although many North Americans have fewer holidays than
\nEuropeans and may work longer hours and enjoy fewer social
\nservices, Americans and Canadians had the highest marks for
\npositively assessing the mental health of their workplace,
\nfollowed by workers in India, Australia, Great Britain and South
\nAfrica.<\/p>\n

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Evershed suggested that the improving economies in some
\ncountries could have played a part in the positive assessment
\namong employees.<\/p>\n

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“It’s better than it was,” she said in an interview. “India,
\nChina, Brazil, South Africa, these are countries where the
\neconomic picture has been brightening.”<\/p>\n

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Older workers over 50 with a good household income who have
\ncompleted a higher level of education were the most satisfied
\nwith the psychological aspects of their workplace.<\/p>\n

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“This is an online survey therefore in countries like
\nBrazil, South Africa and China we are surveying people who are a
\nbit better off.”<\/p>\n

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Ipsos polled workers in Argentina, Australia, Belgium,
\nBrazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Britain, Hungary, India,
\nIndonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
\nSouth Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United
\nStates.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; editing by Paul Casciato)<\/p>\n

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