EVALUATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCE ON PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH AT WORK

Currently cost-effectiveness criteria dominate in the practices of modern businesses. These latter are more attracted by the economic and management activities that enable the company to achieve excellent financial results. Nonetheless, statistics show a steady growth in the number of workers who have fallen victim to the various diseases, which are caused by excessive stress due to improper working methods and interpersonal relations at work. Toxic management practices have a significant disruptive impact on workers, their physical, social and psychological well-being. Thereby, there is underestimated social aspect of a negative impact of an organization's economic activities on psychosocial health at work that we consider as social pollution. The aim of the paper is to present current research focused on in-depth studies into the factors of the business environment which affect physical and psychological well-being of the workers. The paper builds on the basis of previous literature and desk-data on toxic management practices as well as on empirical analysis. The research comprises a questionnaire survey, which was carried out in order to reveal the most significant components of the toxicity of the intra-organizational environment. These factors must be brought under control in order to enhance the workers' well-being in the workplace.