Keywords
Suicide influence
Psychological emergency management
Psychological distance
Submitted : 2025-02-15
Accepted : 2025-03-02
Published : 2025-03-17
Abstract
The occurrence of member suicide in various types of organizations can have adverse effects including physical and psychological stress reactions, social impact, and suicide contagion. The study considers organizational member suicide as an unexpected crisis event in organizations, and divides organizational members affected by different suicides Φ into four regions A, F, W, and O through two dimensions of spatial distance and social distance of psychological distance, and through four stages of emergency management work: prevention-response-disposal-assessment, to achieve the goals of curbing suicide contagion, restore the mental health level of the group, and reduce the negative impact.
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