scholarly journals Studying the effect of the psychosocial work environment on risk of ill-health: towards a more comprehensive assessment of working conditions

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reiner Rugulies
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Psychosocial Work

scholarly journals Making Materials Matter—A Contribution to a Sociomaterial Perspective on Work Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Simonsen Abildgaard ◽  
Niels Christian Mossfeldt Nickelsen
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Changing Economy

This paper aims to discuss the implications of adopting an STS (science and technology studies)- based conceptualization of the psychosocial work environment. We problematize how work environment research presently divides elements of working conditions into separate physical and psychosocial dimensions. Based on actor network theory, a currently dominant perspective in the field of STS, we discuss the concept of sociomaterial work environment. An ANT perspective on work environment is relevant and timely, we argue, first and foremost because more entities are embraced in the analyses. We argue that the ANT perspective leads to a more nuanced understanding of the work environment where it is not a set of predefined categories that is the focus of interest, but rather the work environment as multiple locally performed aspects of agency, translation, and collectively constructed reality. This perspective on work environment, we argue, addresses pivotal issues raised in the work environment debate during the last ten years, for instance of how the work environment as a concept saliently belongs to a social democratic Scandinavian agenda in which the singular employee in a work environment context is predominantly seen as a victim. This trope, which was peaking in the 1970s, is increasingly becoming obsolete in a changing economy with still more flexible jobs. The contribution of this paper is to provide a presentation and a discussion of the potentials and pitfalls provided by a shift toward a sociomaterial work environment perspective, as well as an empirical exemplification of a sociomaterial approach to work environment assessment.

scholarly journals Introduction

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Helge Hvid
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Resource Model ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Job Demand ◽  
Demand Control

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>In this issue, four articles are published.</p><p><em>Corin and Björk</em> present a study of the psychosocial work environment among managers in public schools and in public elder care in Sweden. The study provides new insight into the working conditions of managers in the public sector, and at the same time, the study contributes to the development of research methods in the field. The study is based on Demerouti and Bakkers’ Job Demand-Resource model, which summarizes several well-known models for the studying of psychosocial work environment, primarily the Demand Control model of Karasek and Theorell and the Efford Reward model of Siegrist. The Job Demand-Resource model is most often used in survey studies, where employees assess their working conditions in a questionnaire. Corin and Björk, meanwhile, use the model as a basis for a qualitative study, which forms an external assessment of job demands and job resources. They use the ARIA method, based on the German ‘activity theory’. The study suggests that there is a strong imbalance between demands and resources in managers' work and the study illustrates how surveys and qualitative studies could be combined in a fruitful way (...)</p></div></div></div>

scholarly journals The Psychosocial Work Environment and Perceived Stress among Seniors with Physically Demanding Jobs: The SeniorWorkingLife Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7437
Author(s):  
Jonas Vinstrup ◽  
Annette Meng ◽  
Emil Sundstrup ◽  
Lars L. Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Collegial Support ◽  
Increased Risk

Background: Poor psychosocial work conditions are known to foster negative health consequences. While the existing literature on this topic focus mainly on white-collar workers, the influence of different aspects of the psychosocial work environment in physically demanding jobs remain understudied. Likewise, senior workers represent a population of the workforce at increased risk of adverse health outcomes and premature exit from the labour market. This study investigates the association between psychosocial work factors and perceived stress among the senior work force. Methods: Utilizing cross-sectional findings, this study reports associations between psychosocial factors (organizational justice, cooperation and collegial support, decision latitude, clarity of tasks, and quality of leadership) and the outcome of perceived stress quantified by Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS). Currently employed senior workers with physically demanding jobs were included in the analyses (n = 3386). Associations were modeled using general linear models with weights to make the estimates representative. Results: For all individually adjusted psychosocial variables, the category of “good” was consistently associated with lower stress scores compared to the categories of both “moderate” and “poor” (all p < 0.0001). Likewise, in the mutually adjusted analysis, the category of “good” was statistically different from “poor” for all included variables, while the category of “moderate” remained different from “poor” for “clarity of tasks”, “cooperation and collegial support”, and “decision latitude”. Conclusions: Among senior workers with physically demanding jobs, poor ratings of organizational factors related to the psychosocial work environment are consistently associated with high stress scores. Blue-collar occupations focusing primarily on physical risk factors are recommended to increase awareness on psychosocial aspects that may be relevant to the local work environment.

For better or for worse? Psychosocial work environment and direct participation practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 78-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Llorens ◽  
Albert Navarro ◽  
Sergio Salas ◽  
Mireia Utzet ◽  
Salvador Moncada
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Direct Participation

Improving the psychosocial work environment

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 655-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay ◽  
Renee Bourbonnais ◽  
Chantal Viens ◽  
Michel Vezina ◽  
Pierre J. Durand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work
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