Managing psychosocial risks: Drivers and barriers

Introduction

Psychosocial risks have been identified as one of the major contemporary challenges for occupational safety and health and are linked to such workplace problems as work-related stress, workplace violence and harassment. This article discusses the process of psychosocial risk management, presenting good practice approaches. It outlines the key principles and stages that underpin such approaches and provides a discussion on drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management at the organisational level.

Psychosocial risks: definition, prevalence and impact

Psychosocial risks refer to the likelihood that work-related psychosocial hazards…