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Job control refers to the level of influence and autonomy employees have over their tasks, schedules, and decision-making. Greater job control is linked to higher job satisfaction, motivation, and well-being. Conversely, job insecurity—the fear of losing one’s role or stability—can lead to stress, anxiety, and decreased performance.
Employers set the foundation for job security by creating clear policies, fostering trust, and ensuring fair opportunities. Their role is to build a culture that values transparency and employee well-being.
Managers and other workplace leaders support job control by promoting open communication, encouraging employee input, and providing flexibility when possible. They can strengthen trust by maintaining honest communication and supporting employee morale, especially during times of change or uncertainty.
Together, employers and leaders can create a stable, supportive workplace that fosters trust, resilience, and engagement.
This page offers resources to clarify work expectations, lead teams through change, and address workplace stress.
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The article by Harvard Business Publishing outlines key leadership skills for managers to navigate economic uncertainty, emphasising both business and people-centric approaches. By balancing organisational goals with employee support, managers can better guide their teams through challenging times.
The article by Psychology Today explains how economic recessions and layoffs can damage trust between employees and management. It offers strategies for managers to mitigate this impact, such as involving employees in decision-making, ensuring transparency, and conducting layoffs fairly. These approaches help maintain morale and loyalty during challenging times.
The Resilience Test by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health provides a snapshot on the organisational resilience of the work community, targeted primarily at human resource personnel, managers, and supervisors. It is designed to help with identifying an organisation’s strengths and development targets related to its resilience.
This survey tool by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health provides a workshop guide and step-by-step questions meant to help identify the cognitive work stress factors in work community. It aims to increase understanding on what kinds of factors impede the smooth flow of work and cause unnecessary stress in the work community.
QPSNordic is a common Nordic questionnaire for psychological and social factors in working life, developed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. It has been designed for use as an instrument for studying psychological, social and organisational working conditions: 1) In organisation development and interventions, 2) in research of association between work and health and 3) in documentation of changes in working conditions.