The increasing prevalence of psychosocial risk factors at work poses new challenges to
occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMSs) such as those taking place …

Purpose Work-related psychosocial risks are an increasingly important issue in occupational
safety and health (OSH) policy. In Germany, as in many other European countries …

Purpose Due to the “European Union Framework Directive on Safety and Health at
work”(Directive 89/391/EEC, 1989), every employer is obliged to avoid psychosocial …

Psychosocial risks are closely related to work organization, management and organizational
context. Therefore, the nature of psychosocial risks is complex and differs from more …

A number of significant developments towards the management of psychosocial risks have
been achieved at the policy level in the European Union (EU) since the introduction of the …

This executive summary is based on a joint report on psychosocial risks at work from the
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Foundation …

The nature of work has changed dramatically due to globalisation, migration, technological
advances and the emergence of the knowledge-based economy. These changes have been …

In 2001–2003, the Swedish Work Environment Authority (SWEA) ran a project to develop
better methods to inspect psychosocial risk factors at work. The objective was twofold: to …

Psychosocial risks are widely recognized as a major challenge at work, a challenge that
most organizations find difficult to manage in practice. The OHSAS 18001 standard provides …

Since the early 1990s, work-related stress and issues of workplace violence and
harassment are increasingly affecting a growing number of workers. Working within stressful …