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SAR Human Factors Library

People, Teamwork, Leadership, Organizational Development in Search & Rescue

​A free public service -- a curated collection of publicly available research and guidance on psychological and psychosocial safety, healthy versus toxic teamwork, ethical leadership, organisational justice, bullying and mobbing, trauma-informed leadership, and first-responder health. It supports The Mayday Movement and the SoS psychology, organisational development and team health projects.

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Poor organisational justicePoor organisational justice refers to work where there is a lack of procedural fairness (fair processes to reach decisions), informational fairness (keeping relevant people informed) or interpersonal fairness (treating people with dignity and respect).—Psychosocial safety & WHS
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Poor workplace relationships including interpersonal conflict—Psychosocial safety & WHS
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Psychosocial hazardsDescribes types of Psychosocial hazards/risks—Psychological safety
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The 10 Outcomes of Psychological Safety — Field Guide · LeaderFactor—Psychological safety
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Mobbing and Psychological Terror at WorkplacesLeymann's seminal paper defining "mobbing" and describing its stages and health consequences.1990Bullying, mobbing & workplace abuse
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Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work TeamsThe foundational study that introduced and measured the construct of team psychological safety.1999Psychological safety
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Justice at the Millennium: A Meta-Analytic Review of Organizational Justice ResearchThe most-cited meta-analytic review synthesising 25 years of organisational justice research and its dimensions.2001Organisational justice
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Workplace mobbing: Expulsion, exclusion and transformation2008Bullying
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A Proactive Response to the Mobbing Problem: A Guide for HR Managers2010Bullying
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WHO Healthy Workplace Framework and ModelWHO's model and supporting evidence for building healthy workplaces, useful for organisational change planning.2010Organisational change & health
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