What is needed to guarantee healthy work conditions regarding mental aspects?
What can actual Neuroscience tell us about ideal working conditions?
Good mental condition requires keen observation of the environment. ability to anticipate will allow you to tune your mind better even in dire circumstances.
Dear Jaqueline,
improving mental condition is not as difficult as you think ... What ever need, whether in the workplace, in social relations or in leisure time is always being looking very carefully at what promotes mental hygiene. Always be willing to learn, always observing the environment and above all respecting your pace not to overload your brain with unnecessary information ... Remember, we are a machine and everything has to work smoothly, but we can "tilt" ... I hope I helped,
Livia Valentin.
Thank you both for your answers!
What I meant with the question is, seen from a virtual collaboration environment, what makes an working environment healthy? WHat do we need to feel comfortable at work and how would be prefer e.g. to recieve information.
Indoor air quality (also called "indoor environmental quality") describes how inside air can affect a person's health, comfort, and ability to work. The qualities of good IAQ should include comfortable temperature and humidity, adequate supply of fresh outdoor air, and control of pollutants from inside and outside of the building.
The most common causes of IAQ problems in buildings are:
Not enough ventilation, lack of fresh outdoor air or contaminated air being brought into the building.Poor upkeep of ventilation, heating and air-conditioning systems, and
Dampness and moisture damage due to leaks, flooding or high humidity
Occupant activities, such as construction or remodeling Indoor and outdoor contaminated air
Noise might be a problem in the workplace. While people react differently to noise, subjective responses should not be ignored because they may provide warnings that noise may be at unacceptable levels.
Noisy conditions can make normal conversation difficult.
When noise levels are above 80 decibels (dB), people have to speak very loudly.
When noise levels are between 85 and 90 dB, people have to shout.
When noise levels are greater than 95 dB, people have to move close together to hear each other at all.
High noise levels can cause adverse reactions or behaviors
See more in http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/oshasoft/index.html
Hi every body
In my opinion, healthy working environment is a requirement of all employee. Therefore, I think it depend on how individual define healthy working environment. I worked with group of nurses from cardiac care unit in regard to what make healthy working environment in CCU? They have mentioned different conditions for example: staff satisfaction, less workload, effective communication, authenticity, availability of rules and regulation, collaboration.......etc. I hope this help...
Thank you for your contribution! I totally agree with all of you, but in first place I refer to conditions for virtual teams (remotely connected colleagues). I do believe there has to be some study done on this subject but I can hardly find anything.
The question is how can we avoid socially isolated persons in working environments with mostly virtual projects? How to avoid depression, increase trust and create motivation?
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