The management of psychosocial hazards at work throufg the psychological lens

• Main Authors: Micouin, Guillaume, Le Meur, Thibault
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE) 2017
• Subjects: Psychosocial factors; psychosocial hazards; European survey; risk management paradigm; psychologists; psychiatrists; psychological lens; human leadership; democratic leadership; Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology); Psykologi (exklusive tillämpad psykologi)
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65459

Due to the rise of psychosocial hazards and its increasing healthcare associated costs in Europe but also in the whole World, the poor management of those risks becomes an urgent issue to overcome for the states and companies but above all, for the people who suffer from it. The problem is that there is not enough awareness among the society about psychosocial factors and its associated risks. Our master thesis aims at examining and determining the roots of psychosocial hazards by starting from an already existing case study to set and classify the main variables. Thus, through the lens of psychologists and psychiatrists we interviewed with a semi-structured questionnaire, we compare and analyze these variables and their answers in order to identify what are the most important factors to deal with in priority and how to manage them properly. Again, through the lens of the specialists in the field and ours, we question the risk management paradigm presented as a solution to tackle psychosocial hazards in the European survey we found. The main goals of our thesis are to raise awareness among people about psychosocial factors and its associated risks but also to provide a solution to identify and manage them properly in a lucid and realistic leadership but also more human, thanks to the enlightening vision of our dear interviewees.