A Measure and Model of Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace that Reflects Canada's National Standard

• Date: 01 December 2018
• Published date: 01 December 2018
• Author: J.‐R. Sébastien Blanc,Kathy Michaud,Gary W. Ivey,Tzvetanka Dobreva‐Martinova
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1500

A Measure and Model of Psychological Health and

Safety in the Workplace that Reflects Canada’s

National Standard

Gary W. Ivey*

Department of National Defence

J.-R. Sébastien Blanc

Department of National Defence

Kathy Michaud

Department of National Defence

Tzvetanka Dobreva-Martinova

Department of National Defence

Abstract

To monitor workplace factors associated with well-being

and performance in the Department of National Defence,

and embodying departmental efforts to create and maintain

a healthy workplace, we assembled a comprehensive and

psychometrically sound survey battery that ref‌lects Canada’s

national standard for psychological health and safety. More-

over, for testing and understanding the relationships among

the survey variables and national standard factors, we

applied an evidence-based framework to build a conceptual

psychological health and safety model. In this article, we

introduce our survey and model to other organizations and

the wider academic community, we provide some prelimi-

nary support for the pattern of results illustrated in our

climate prof‌iles, and we discuss our future research agenda

to address current limitations. © 2018 Her Majesty the

Queen in Right of Canada. Canadian Journal of Administra-

tive Sciences © 2018 ASAC.

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Reproduced with the

permission of the Minister of National Defence.

Keywords: psychological health and safety, workplace, na-

tional standard, well-being, total worker health, Department

of National Defence

Résumé

Af‌in de surveiller les facteurs qui, en milieu de travail, sont

liés au bien-être et au rendement au sein du ministère de la

Défense nationale et incarner les efforts déployés par le

ministère pour créer et maintenir un milieu de travail sain,

nous avons réuni une batterie exhaustive d’eéchelles aux

propriétés psychométriques robustes qui ref‌lète la norme

nationale du Canada en matière de santé et de sécurité

psychologiques. De plus, pour évaluer et comprendre les re-

lations entre les variables du sondage et les facteurs de la

norme nationale, nous avons appliqué un cadre fondé sur

des données probantes af‌in de construire un modèle

conceptuel de santé et de sécurité psychologiques. Dans cet

article, nous présentons notre sondage et notre modèle à

d’autres organisations ainsi qu’àl’ensemble de la

communauté scientif‌ique, nous proposons quelques éléments

préliminaires pour appuyer le modèle grâce à des résultats

illustrés dans les prof‌ils de climat des nos clients et

dnousécrivons notre programme de recherche futur qui

permettra de remédier aux limites actuelles. © 2018 Her Maj-

esty the Queen in Right of Canada. Canadian Journal of Ad-

ministrative Sciences © 2018 ASAC.

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Reproduced with the

permission of the Minister of National Defence.

Mots-clés: santé et sécurité psychologiques, milieu de tra-

vail, norme nationale, bien-être, santé totale des travailleurs,

ministère de la Défense nationale

The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily ref‌lect the off‌icial position of DND, nor should the research described herein be

construed as the Department’s or the Federal Government’s position to endorse or adopt CAN/CSA-Z1003-13.

The authors would like to thank Dr. Kevin Kelloway, Dr. Martin Lauzier, and Colonel Rakesh Jetly, MD, for their input into the initial version of the UMP v2.0, and

Lieutenant-Colonel Cindy Suurd Ralph, MA, for her contribution to thef‌inal product. We acknowledge all pastand present members of DGMPRA who participated

in the UMP v2.0’s evolution.

*Please address correspondence to: Gary W. Ivey, Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis, National Defence Headquarters, 101 Colonel By

Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0K2. Email: gary.ivey@forces.gc.ca

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Revue canadienne des sciences de l’administration

35: 509–522 (2018)

Published online 4 June 2018 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/CJAS.1500

Can J Adm Sci

35(4), 509–522 (2018)

© 2018 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences © 2018 ASAC.

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of National Defence.

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