Month: September 2020

Avatars, online break out rooms and virtual clapping were all part of this year’s Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference.    Past conferences – which promote international excellence in education in the healthcare profession – have taken Work Psychology Group all over Europe. Last year, our founding director, Professor Fiona Patterson presented in Vienna.   But like many things, the spread of COVID-19 called a halt on this year’s plans to present…

To say that 2020 has been a challenging year is perhaps an understatement.  But that’s been particularly true in the world of organisational psychology – where we focus on how people behave at work, and the psychological, organisational and environmental factors that impact that behaviour.  At Work Psychology Group (WPG) we have been busy supporting clients through the crisis and helping them…

Stress levels are high right now – most kids have returned to school, workers are preparing to head back into the office, and the UK government has not long declared a recession.  We’ve spoken many times before about stress in the workplace and the negative implications it can have on an employee – and the whole business, for that matter.   That’s because, according to the Job Demands-Resources model by Bakker and Demerouti (JD-R Model), our job provides…

Publication Date: 3rd September 2020 COVID-19 has impacted so many areas of our working life. And that impact looks very different from person to person.   We’ve written before about the psychological contract between employee and employer.  But what about the wider issue of psychological safety?  What do we mean by psychological safety?  It’s all about feeling able to…