Reducing Work-Related Stress Through Soft-Skills Training Intervention in the Mining Industry.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to verify if soft-skills training is an effective intervention in reducing work-related stress among miners, that is, people who run the risk of losing health and/or life due to unpredictable natural forces or human error at work.

Background

The motivation for the intervention was based on Job Demands-Resources model where soft skills are job resources that help individuals to cope with or prevent high demands of the environment. The needed skills as well as work demands were first investigated and then a custom training was developed. The rationale for introducing soft-skills training into the work environment can be seen as compatible with the Human Capital Model (HCM) which is designed to stimulate positive organizational behaviour by pr

SUBMITTER: Molek-Winiarska D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943617 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature