The psychological approach to occupational health is described, through the correlates of work with personal and social identity, social status, and psychological well-being. The Authors show how personal well-being is related to the quality of work experience. Work-related stress and burnout are then described as examples of unhealthy conse-quences of bad working conditions, using the notion of psychosocial risk at work. Re-search results on stress are presented, showing its psychophysiological correlates, the role of environmental factors, and the process from exposure to risk, coping responses, and stress outcomes, at the individual, interpersonal, and organizational level. Meth-odological problems concerning stress measures are also commented, as well as the effects of job insecurity. The paper ends by suggesting possible convergences between professionals and researchers in both fields, law and psychology, in order to foster oc-cupational health in every work context.
L’articolo presenta l’approccio della Psicologia alla salute occupazionale, mostrando le relazioni dell’attività lavorativa con l’identità personale e sociale, con lo status so-ciale e con il benessere psicologico, così come gli aspetti del lavorare che possono in-fluenzare il benessere psicologico. Stress e burnout sono descritti come esempi delle conseguenze negative derivanti da cattive condizioni di lavoro, utilizzando la nozione di rischio psicosociale. I risultati della ricerca sullo stress mostrano poi i correlati psi-cofisiologici, il ruolo dei fattori ambientali, il processo che va dalla esposizione al ri-schio, alle risposte di fronteggiamento e agli esiti dello stress, a livello individuale, interpersonale e organizzativo. Vengono discussi i problemi metodologici legati al misurare lo stress e gli effetti della insicurezza lavorativa. In chiusura si auspicano possibili convergenze tra diritto e psicologia, per contribuire alla salute occupazionale nei contesti di lavoro.
Fraccaroli, F., Depolo, M. (2017). Salute psicologica e lavoro: fattori di rischio occupazionale e organizzativo. GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI, 4(156), 639-662 [10.3280/GDL2017-156001].
Salute psicologica e lavoro: fattori di rischio occupazionale e organizzativo
Depolo, Marco
2017
Abstract
The psychological approach to occupational health is described, through the correlates of work with personal and social identity, social status, and psychological well-being. The Authors show how personal well-being is related to the quality of work experience. Work-related stress and burnout are then described as examples of unhealthy conse-quences of bad working conditions, using the notion of psychosocial risk at work. Re-search results on stress are presented, showing its psychophysiological correlates, the role of environmental factors, and the process from exposure to risk, coping responses, and stress outcomes, at the individual, interpersonal, and organizational level. Meth-odological problems concerning stress measures are also commented, as well as the effects of job insecurity. The paper ends by suggesting possible convergences between professionals and researchers in both fields, law and psychology, in order to foster oc-cupational health in every work context.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.