Psychological Security Research Articles

Обучение сотрудников патрульно-постовой службы полиции преодолению речевых провокаций со стороны граждан

Abstract: Introduction. The article describes one of the typical difficult professional situations associated with checking documents from a citizen. The growing negative psychological impact on the personnel of the internal affairs bodies and the law enforcement system is emphasized. As an example of reflecting such an impact, the results of approbation of the author’s Methodology for creating templates for
 overcoming verbal provocations from citizens are given.
 Research methods – theoretical analysis of scientific literature and regulatory legal acts; questionnaire survey, content and frequency analyses, expert assessments, self-assessment.
 Results. The article presents the results of a formative experiment on the ex-ample of the professional activities of police patrol officers. It is shown that the developed methodology for creating templates to overcome speech provocations by citizens: a) allows you to reflect the negative psychological impact exerted by citizens; b) can be attributed to express training methods for police patrol officers; c) increases the state of psychological security and professional success in difficult service situations. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the introduction of the topic of psychological security of police patrol officers in professional situations containing speech provocations of citizens into the circle of scientific problems; and in the theoretical justification of the organizational and methodological solution to this problem. The practical significance of the study lies in the description and implementation of the method of express training for employees of internal affairs bodies on protection from negative psychological impact by developing a Method for creating templates to overcome speech provocations from citizens.

Organizational and Pedagogical Conditions for the Formation of Critical Thinking Among Schoolchildren by Future Teachers

The article is devoted to the problem of the formation of critical thinking among schoolchildren by future teachers. Critical thinking is presented as one of the metacognitive competencies; it allows a person to competently assess possible information risks and threats existing in the modern world in the media environment. The article analyzes the works of researchers who reveal not only the essence and content of critical thinking (V.S. Bybler, E.D. Bozhovich, V. Bolotov, A.V. Klimanova, etc.), but also its significance for the individual. In particular, the personal importance of critical thinking is analyzed in the context of ensuring information and psychological security, safe behavior in the information environment (A.A. Akhmetvalieva, M.V. Golovko, M.V. Gordienko, R.V. Grigoryan, V.F. Kupetskova, T.A.Malykh, D.S. Sinitsyn, L.A. Sorokina, T.V. Kharlampyeva). The aim of the work was to study the role of critical thinking as a component of metacognitive competencies in ensuring information-safe behavior, as well as to determine the theoretical and methodological foundations for the formation of critical thinking in students. When studying the works of researchers, methods were used to systematize and summarize information on the formation of critical thinking. Based on the analysis of the studied works, it was noted that in the current educational practice, the formation of critical thinking is carried out in relation to two groups of subjects: in relation to schoolchildren and in relation to students – future teachers. At the same time, it was also recorded that there is a shortage of research in the field of preparing future teachers for the activities of forming critical thinking in schoolchildren. As a result of the conducted research, the main organizational and pedagogical conditions for the formation of critical thinking among schoolchildren by future teachers are highlighted. The leading organizational and pedagogical conditions include the following: the stages of the process of forming critical thinking, the organization of self-diagnosis of critical thinking, the monitoring of readiness for critical thinking in the process of educational activity, the introduction into the educational process of electronic educational and methodological complexes for the independent development of strategies for the formation of critical thinking, etc.

Цветовой дизайн персональных концепций безопасности

The active use of the colour decoration of human life has not yet been accompanied by examining its presence in the personal security concepts of various subject categories. Meanwhile, personal security concepts are mental structures that integrate subjective representations, needs, values and attitudes in the security field and, therefore, determine a person’s daily activity and actions in special situations. The aim of this paper is to study the colour design of university students’ personal safety concepts. The research methods are an associative experiment and a conversation. The work uses the results of 9 series of experiments conducted from 2018 to 2023 on 1313 university students. Based on the study results, using colour in designing students’ personal safety concepts is confirmed. Colour design is more in demand when constructing personal danger concepts than personal safety concepts. In personal safety concepts, green, blue and white are more often used, in personal danger concepts such colours as red, black and grey are more frequently applied. In designing personal security concepts, not only “pure” colours are employed, but also “mixed” ones, as well as shades of colour perception. Colour design is more likely to be traced in personal security concepts of a generalised level (personal concepts of security / danger) than in specialised concepts (personal concepts of information and psychological security, personal concepts of security in life, in a profession, etc.). The presented materials expand the scientific understanding of personal security concepts. They can be used in the practice of environmental management of human life to promote its security, comfort, and safety. A more targeted study of the colour perception features from positions relevant to the interests of building personal security concepts by various subject categories is required.

A Quantitative Investigation on the Role of Allowed Workplace Flexibility for Employees' Perceived Psychological Security - a focus on the Intersection between Generation Y and Z

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to workplace flexibility and its potential impact on employee psychological safety, particularly among Generations Y and Z in Germany. This study combines primary and secondary research, including a survey of 320 respondents experienced in flexible work. Surprisingly, no clear positive or negative correlation between New Work models and psychological safety was found, challenging common thinking. Four key recommendations emerge as a result: 1. Investigate specific respondent groups, 2. Focus on certain employee categories (e.g., roles or industries), 3. Solicit feedback from employees and 4. Provide training and education for affected employees. However, gender and education imbalances in the respondent pool hinder generalizability. Therefore, future research should target more specific groups like management students or those in digital professions. In conclusion, this study adds to the discourse on workplace flexibility and its impact on psychological safety. It underscores the necessity for targeted research to comprehend its effects on diverse employee segments.

A “PICTURE OF THE WORLD” AS A BASIC CONCEPT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY OF A EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

The article deals with the issues of attributing models of the educational information environment of distance education based on the “picture of the world” concept. It is noted that the fundamental point of the distance type of education is the ability of students to form their own personal educational information environment. At this stage of understanding the problem of psychological security, issues of personal security in interaction with an educational information environment and the use of distance education in general can be considered only as special cases of the general classification of types of security, where two of its backbone types are generic: physical and psychological ones. The main emphasis in the development of an educational information environment and distance education in general should be done on the study and creation of preventive methodological and instrumental means of ensuring safety in education, where the basic categories should be the concepts of forming a “picture of the world”, integrity of the worldview, based on the development of the moral and psychological world of participants in the interaction of the educational information environment.

Психологическая безопасность педагога в условиях цифровой трансформации науки и образования

The article considers the issues of psychological safety of a teacher in the conditions of digital transformation of science and education. In the educational environment, the psychological security of a teacher's personality can be considered as a state of psychological social security, which ensures her professional and personal integrity as a subject of professional and pedagogical activity with the possibility of development and disclosure of resources in terms of information interaction with the social environment. The existing external circumstances caused by the digitalization of education can act as factors for reducing the psychological safety and professional confidence of a teacher in such positions as: the need to transfer, due to the requirements of information reality, previously acquired knowledge, skills, first of all, the skills of pedagogical work from a pre–digital environment to a digital one; mastering previously unused methods of conducting professional pedagogical activity; the experience of a teacher as a subject of work of new conditions of professional and pedagogical activity associated with the search for new meanings in work. The reduced level of psychological safety of teachers, due to the need to use digital technologies in professional and pedagogical activities, may be associated psychoemotionally with the presence in their own minds of some deterministic pedagogical fears: fear of information incompetence, fear of professional uselessness, fear of pedagogical failure. Difficulties of professional adaptation and psychological safety of teachers can be solved by mandatory professional development in such areas as possession of information and communication technologies, management of the adaptation process of students in the electronic information and educational environment of an educational organization, management and control of independent work of students in the information environment, etc. The use of digital educational practices and traditional models of pedagogical work mutually enrich the professional activity of a teacher and increase the psychological safety of the educational environment as a whole. The potential of psychological safety of a teacher can be considered as a key, systemic characteristic of a teacher's personality, ensuring the success and productivity of his activities, the actualization of his professional and personal resources for building a psychologically safe educational environment for education participants.

The Relationship between Access to Financial Resources and Marital Satisfaction among Married Women of Tabriz

Introduction: The family is the basic pillar of society and the main center of human growth and excellence. The formation of this sacred institution is due to the marital bond between a man and a woman. Satisfaction with married life refers to the satisfaction with the family and satisfaction with the family pertains to satisfaction with the lives of men and women. Method: In the current survey questionnaires were used to collect data. Standard energy questionnaire (1998) was used to measure the variable of marital satisfaction, and for the variable of financial resources, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The statistical population of the research included married women over the age of 15 living in Tabriz city, and among them, 384 were selected as the sample using multi-stage cluster sampling. Findings: The collected data showed that the mean value of women’s marital satisfaction was above average, and the mean value of available financial resources to them was above average. In the dimensions of marital satisfaction, the mean value of personality issues, couple relationship, conflict resolution, financial management, leisure time, sexual relationship, and relatives and friends were above average, and the dimension of marriage and children was lower than average. The result of tests showed that there is a significant direct relationship between marital satisfaction and its dimensions and available financial resources. According to the findings, the more financial resources available to women, the higher their marital satisfaction was likely to be. In fact, financial resources as a support can be effective in providing psychological security and subsequently improving marital relationships and marital satisfaction.

중국 여성 심리적 안정감이 자기(복장) 이미지, 이미지 일치성, 외모 지향성에 미치는 영향 연구

This research is aimed at explore the Chinese women's psychological security under the influence of self-clothing image, image congruence and appearance orientation. A regression analysis of 272 Chinese women found that, first, all sub-factors of psychological security have a positive impact on their self-clothing image, image congruence and appearance orientation except for self-discipline. Second, self-clothing image had a positive influence on image consistency and appearance orientation, while image consistency had a positive effect on appearance orientation. This research upon these factors, not only contribute to a theoretical basis for understanding the types of women's psychological security, but the conclusion has marketing information and practical significance for clothing enterprises

Some Psychological Features of Victims of Crime Committed Using Digital Technologies

The large-scale development of information technology and the wide spread of the Internet have involved millions of people in the daily use of digitalization products as a means of communication, work, entertainment and other purposes . At the same time, the online world has become an attractive environment for various types of crime . Some attackers are interested in gaining access to confidential information, such as personal and financial data, trade secrets, intellectual property, etc . The information they receive can be used for fraud, espionage or extortion . This article provides a list of common crimes and offenses committed, including with the use of digital technologies, in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of the Russian Federation of Administrative Offenses; current types of cybercrime are considered, an assessment is made of the psychological characteristics of persons who commit crimes using digital technologies and their victims . At the end of the article, recommendations are given to ensure psychological resilience to the main threats of the digital environment . Compliance with the rules of information and psychological security and digital education of the society can significantly reduce vulnerability and minimize the risks of user victimization .

Formation of the Information and Psychological Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

Formation of the Information and Psychological Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

INFORMATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY OF A PERSON IN A POLYETHNIC SOCIETY

The article presents the results of a study of the main sources of information of Kazakhstanis, which are very popular among Kazakhstanis as the main information source. In this regard, the information problem is actualized - the psychological security of the individual as a citizen of a multinational state. The continuous production of information content makes fundamental changes in the information space and these transformations affect all spheres of human life and personality. As methods of analysis, the author conducted a survey to identify citizens' understanding of the concepts of "information and psychological security", "negative impact of information". Based on the results of a sociological survey and subsequent data analysis, the author comes to conclusions about the relevance of the problem of information and psychological security of a person in a multi-ethnic society in the context of the development of information technologies.

Subject-Spatial and Physical Urban Environment as a Condition for the Psychological Security of Urban Residents

Urban residents make up more than half of the world’s population. They are the main resource of any modern city or town, and focus on them and their involvement are decisive factors in any successful urbanistic transformation. The purpose of the study is to summarize research in the field of environmental psychology aimed at identifying the conditions for creating psychological security for urban residents. The author made an analysis of more than 385 articles in Russian and English available in the national bibliographic database of scientific publications (Russian Science Citation Index), scientific publishing houses (Elsevier, SprigerLink, SAGE Publishing), publishing houses of open-access scientific journals (MDPI, Frontiers Media), and free digital repository of open-access full-text scientific articles (PubMed Central). Most of them dated back to the last twenty years. Of these, 80 were selected for an analysis. The facts under consideration were systematized in two aspects: objective security conditions associated with the physical environment (visual complexity, soundscape, climate, etc.) and subjective security conditions associated with the peculiarities of their perception by urban residents. To visualize the obtained conditions of the psychological security of urban residents and create an image of a safe city, the Midjourney neural network was used, which makes it possible to generate text-based images. As a result of the analysis of studies of the psychological safety of urban life, it became possible to describe the conditions that form the feeling of psychological security among urban residents; using the Midjourney neural network, to visualize the image of a safe city; to show the role of the soundscape, ordered environment, social control, segmentation of habitable space and its connection with nature; and to justify to some extent the interchangeability of security components.

SECURITY THINKING: THE UKRAINIAN CONTEXT

In an increasingly interconnected world, the security landscape has become exponentially more complex. Organizations and individuals face a myriad of threats, from sophisticated attacks to ever-evolving vulnerabilities. In order to successfully navigate this treacherous terrain, it is critical to develop a safety-focused mindset. Taking this proactive approach can pave the way for resilience to complexity, where strong defenses and adaptive strategies work in tandem to protect our security ecosystem. Security Thinking is a proactive approach to analyzing and addressing potential risks and vulnerabilities in order to enhance security measures. It involves a mindset that prioritizes prevention, preparedness, and adaptability to protect against various threats and challenges. Security Thinking encourages individuals and organizations to consider security implications at every level, from technology and processes to human behavior, promoting a resilient and secure environment. It is a continuous and dynamic process that seeks to stay ahead of emerging threats and evolve in response to changing security landscapes. At the same time, there is another definition. Security Mindset is an individual's or organization's way of thinking that places a strong emphasis on security and risk management. It involves being proactive in identifying potential threats, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses in systems, processes, and behaviors. Developing a security mindset is not an end point, but a continuous journey. Using intellectual rigor and an innovative spirit, you can significantly influence the formation of a security ecosystem. The principles of resilience to complexity and a holistic approach to security, guided by a security-centric mindset, are becoming a dynamic force in protecting the security ecosystem. By integrating physical security, modernized legislation, social engineering, data privacy protection and psychological security, we can build a fortress against a wide range of threats. However, the unprecedented challenges associated with Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine have significantly complicated the architecture of modern security, creating a need for the development of a new paradigm of security thinking and practical tools for its application.

Phobia Impacts on Adolescents' Psychological Security: A Psychoanalytic Approach

This research employs a psychoanalytic approach to investigate the effects of phobias on the psychological security of adolescents and the implications for their socio-educational development. The study postulates that phobias result in emotional discomfort and dissatisfaction, thereby weakening individuals' volitional sphere and impairing decision-making capabilities. Data collected were empirically analyzed to discern the balance between self-emotional assessment and psychological protection opportunities during adolescence. The results indicate that phobias, among other effects, reduce environmental tolerance, hinder self-control and personal belief in one's strengths, impede resistance to internal and external influences, decrease self-satisfaction, disrupt communicative skills, and negatively affect the mental state. These impacts collectively lead to a significant drop in the efficiency of the activities a person engages in. Consequently, the study underscores the importance of proper educational interventions from school administrators, teachers, psychologists, and parents to ensure the psychological well-being of adolescents. This approach promises to enhance their resilience and psychological security, enabling their optimal participation in socio-economic activities.
 Highlights:
 
 
 
 
 Phobias significantly affect the psychological security of adolescents, impairing their decision-making capabilities and reducing their overall effectiveness in activities.
 A psychoanalytic approach provides insights into the balance between self-emotional assessment and psychological protection opportunities during adolescence.
 Educational interventions from stakeholders (school administrators, teachers, psychologists, parents) are critical in managing phobias among adolescents, promoting psychological well-being, and fostering socio-economic participation.
 
 Keywords: Phobias, Adolescents, Psychological Security, Psychoanalytic Approach, Emotional Discomfort
 
 

Sudan Role in Treating Arab Food Security Problem

Food security is one aspect of life for the human soul, while the other side represents psychological security. The Holy Qur’an refers to this fact in the Almighty’s saying: “Let them worship the Lord of this House, who fed them against hunger and made them safe from fear” (Quraysh: 3-4). Through the availability of food security and self-sufficiency, countries will have complete freedom in their policies and decisions, and people will have a decent and good life away from the specter of hunger, poverty, deprivation and fear. This article dealt with food security in the Arab countries and the expected food gap in light of the expectations and fears of the Food and Agriculture Organization as well as the World Food Program of the repercussions and challenges facing food security in the Arab region as a result of the Corona crisis and the crisis of wars and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, while highlighting the role of Sudan in Addressing the food gap.

The public health crisis created by UK social policy reforms

As the world is preoccupied by the pandemic, and the British public are beginning to comprehend the full impact of Brexit, the predictable public mental health crisis created by the demolition of the UK social safety net has been disregarded by successive administrations. Few people realised that preventable harm was the inevitable creation of social policy reforms, gradually adopted by every administration since Thatcher, en route to her political ambition which was the demolition of the welfare state to be replaced by private health insurance. In order to demolish the welfare state, it was first necessary to remove the past psychological security provided by the welfare state. This has been achieved, with disability denial created by significant social policy reforms since 2008. To justify the adoption of harsh and unnecessary austerity measures, which were introduced without ethical approval, the Coalition administration elected in 2010 vehemently challenged the integrity of the chronically ill and disabled community and routinely accused disability benefit claimants of fraud; while failing to produce evidence to support their claims. Their often hostile rhetoric encouraged a 213 percent increase in prosecuted disability hate crimes, and successive administrations disregarded the thousands of deaths directly linked to the Work Capability Assessment, which was adopted using a discredited and dangerous biopsychosocial model of assessment to restrict access to long-term disability benefit. Influenced by corporate America since 1992, the UK social policy reforms guaranteed that many of those in greatest need were destined to die when, covertly, killed by the State.

Theoretical Understanding and Practical Implementation of Administrative Responsibility for Beatings

The object of the study is social relations related to the protection of physical health and mental, moral and moral well-being of the individual. The subject of the study are the norms of administrative and criminal legislation establishing responsibility for beatings, materials of law enforcement practice of internal affairs bodies and the activities of courts of general jurisdiction in cases of this category. The authors consider in detail the features of objective signs of the legal composition of an administrative offense provided for in Article 6.1.1. of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. Modern approaches to understanding the physical and psychological security of the individual are investigated. Particular attention is paid to the procedure of actions of police officers in identifying, suppressing and documenting torts containing signs of beatings. The work used a set of general scientific methods of cognition (dialectical, systematic approach), as well as private scientific research methods, such as formal legal, statistical and sociological methods. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the concept proposed by the authors to determine the object of such an offense as beatings. Under the object of the considered tort, the authors propose to understand the totality of the legally protected rights of citizens to the psychological and physical integrity of the individual. A special contribution of the authors to the study of the topic is the proposed algorithmization of the actions of law enforcement officers in the course of law enforcement activities in cases of beatings.

Role of Inclusive Leadership on Psychological Security: A Study of Jos Electricity Distribution Plc Business District

Some formal contextual factors influence on individual psychological security, has stated that employee perceived external risk and threat increase, thereby increasing the uncertainty, which will reduce psychological security in the workplace, the study aimed evaluating whether self-awareness, social awareness and relational agility leads to psychological security. The population is based 395 workforce of Jos Electricity Distribution Plc (JED) Jos business district in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis formulated in the study. The upshots stated Social-awareness does not have any significant impact on psychological security. The result shows that this hypothesis is rejected. The path coefficient from social-awareness and psychological security is statistically substantial with beta (β) value and robust t-value (β=0.167: t=4.036 p<0.020). Therefore, since P-value is<0.05 the null hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship amid SOA and PS is disallowed and Hi, supported. The study concludes psychological security shows a key part in workforce’ performance of psychological security, as well as work engagement and recommends that there should be hint that even though psychological elasticity is usually considered an individual distinctive as it inclines to be stable over time, current interventions can also boost it among individual workforce.

PR-КОМУНІКАЦІЇ ВОЄННОГО ЧАСУ: МЕТА, МОДЕЛІ, НАПРЯМИ

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The purpose&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; of the article is to study the goals, models, and directions of wartime PR communications that have been existing in the information space of Ukraine in the period since February 24, 2022, to the current time and reflecting the presence of public relations of various state and non-governmental institutions and organizations. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Research methodology.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; To find out the main goal, models, and directions of wartime PR communications in the information space of Ukraine as a reflection of public relations of state and non-governmental institutions and organizations, the following methods were used: analysis, description, classification and generalization.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Results.&lt;/strong&gt; The article focuses on the role of the most effective and most relevant models of PR communication with target audiences during military operations in Ukraine.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is emphasized that all models of PR communication, which were once formed by J. Gruning and T. Hunt (press agency model, public information model, bilateral asymmetrical model, and bilateral symmetrical model) are relevant and effective during the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Their use is a condition for preserving the unity of the nation, a condition for transparent relations between the government and society, between business and society, between civil society institutions and all state and non-governmental structures and citizens of Ukraine. These models help to identify certain phenomena in the practice of public relations, the basis of which is communication as a dynamic process of information exchange.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is noted that PR communications become the tool that allows the creation of a unified field of interconnected information, which is supported by feedback necessary for the survival of the country. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The concept of public relations as an effective social and communication technology, which provides dialogue forms of interaction between different social groups during such a crisis situation as military aggression, is revealed. The role of PR communication in the shaping of information and psychological security of a state's citizens in wartime is defined. The conditions for using PR models during the specified crisis are outlined.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Novelty.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; The scientific novelty of the study consists in determining the main goal, models and directions of wartime PR communications that have been existing in the information space of Ukraine in the period since February 24, 2022, to the current time and reflecting the presence of public relations of various state and non-state institutions and organizations. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Practical meaning.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; The practical significance of the research results lies in the possibility of their use during the preparation of public relations educational programs, the training of specialists in the field of public relations, and the development of educational and scientific courses on the specified problem.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Key words:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; PR, information space, PR communication, models of PR communication, state institutions, non-governmental institutions, information and psychological security.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Putting Human Rights to Work: Labour Law, the ECHR, and the Employment Relation

It is no exaggeration to say that labour law as a discipline in recent years has experienced something of a crisis of confidence.1 Once standing tall and proud, seemingly impervious to potshots and blows to its status originating from outside its hallowed halls, in the past 40 years or so, it has undergone a series of sustained attacks from a number of directions. In Putting Human Rights to Work, Philippa Collins asks whether the adoption of a ‘rights turn’, and in particular, the recasting of human rights law and fundamental rights as labour rights and/or the incorporation of human/fundamental rights norms into existing labour laws, could be the solution to labour law’s existing woes (pp 35–37). Citing Tarunabh Khaitan’s work on discrimination law, Collins refers to work and the workplace as ‘the enabling opportunity’ (p 25), ie, the most obvious arena in life where individuals can establish social, financial and psychological security, extend their opportunity sets and realise human flourishing.2 Collins goes on to make a persuasive case in favour of a draft Bill of Human Rights for Workers (Ch 9), having charted the poverty of imagination displayed by the judiciary regarding the infusion of human rights concepts and norms into the content and scope of common law employment rights and the process of interpretation of statutory employment rights. The point is made that the opportunity to marshal the worker-progressive potential of human rights as a means of expanding the protective capacity and range of employment rights, has been largely wasted.