Psychological demands Includes the emotional and interpersonal demands of work, and the requirement for organizations to assess and ensure a good fit between workers’ interpersonal and emotional abilities and requirements of the position they hold. “I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.” – Lawrence Bossidy, GE Overview What are psychological demands? Psychological demands of any given job are documented and assessed in conjunction with the physical demands of the job. Psychological demands of the job will allow organizations to determine whether any aspect of the job might be a hazard to the worker’s health and well-being. When hazards are identified, organizations can consider ways of minimizing risks through work redesign, analysis of work systems, risk assessment, etc. The assessment of psychological demands should [...]