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Psychosocial risks

Psychosocial risks are aspects of the design and management of work, and its social and organisational contexts, that have the potential for causing psychological or physical harm. Work-related stress is one of the health risks most frequently identified by workers in Europe. The factors that can cause stress for workers and influence their health and well-being can be related to the following: job content; work intensity and job autonomy; working time arrangements and work–life balance; social environment, including interpersonal relationships at work and social support; job insecurity and career development. 

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Sara Riso is a research manager in the Working Life unit at Eurofound. She is involved in research projects in the areas of employment change and restructuring. She joined...

Research manager,
Working life research unit
Oscar Vargas Llave

Oscar Vargas Llave is a research manager in the Working Life unit at Eurofound and manages projects on changes in the world of work and the impact on working conditions and related...

Research manager,
Working life research unit
Publications results (23)

During the pandemic, many young people had to change their plans for the future. While at the end of 2023 young people’s labour market situation was more favourable than it had been in recent years, many obstacles remained on their route to independence, such as the rising cost of living and

21 May 2024

Using data from the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021 and building on a theoretical model that differentiates between job stressors and job resources, this report examines key psychosocial risks in the workplace and their impact on health.

23 November 2023

Undersøgelsen "Liv, arbejde og covid-19", der første gang blev lanceret af Eurofound i starten af 2020, har til formål at skildre pandemiens vidtrækkende konsekvenser for EU-borgernes arbejde og liv. Den femte runde af Eurofounds undersøgelse, som blev gennemført i foråret 2022, kaster også lys over

07 December 2022

Den femte runde af Eurofounds e-undersøgelse, der fandt sted fra den 25. marts til den 2. maj 2022, kaster lys over den sociale og økonomiske situation for mennesker i hele Europa to år efter, at covid-19 først blev opdaget på det europæiske kontinent. Den undersøger også, hvordan det er at leve i e

07 July 2022

A new European Disability Strategy was launched in 2021 with the aim of intensifying progress on ensuring the full participation of people with disabilities in society. The increase of EU policy focus on people with disabilities is timely: the COVID-19 pandemic magnified the challenges they faced in

21 March 2022

Efter en lang genopretningsperiode oven på den økonomiske krise (2007-2013) viste det sig, at de unge i EU var særligt sårbare over for virkningerne af de restriktioner, der blev indført for at bremse spredningen af covid-19-pandemien. Unge var mere udsat end ældre for at miste jobbet og for

09 November 2021

Den tredje runde af Eurofounds e-undersøgelse, som fandt sted i februar og marts 2021, kaster lys over den sociale og økonomiske situation blandt befolkningen i Europa efter næsten et helt år med covid-19-restriktioner. denne rapport analyserer de vigtigste resultater og følger den igangværende

10 May 2021

Denne flagskibsrapport sammenfatter de væsentlige konklusioner i Eurofounds undersøgelse af arbejdsvilkår, som er udført i programmeringsperioden 2017-2020. Den kortlægger den fremgang, der er opnået siden 2000 med hensyn til forbedring af arbejdsvilkårene, og undersøger, om de positive forandringer

26 February 2021

This report presents the findings of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, carried out by Eurofound to capture the far-reaching implications of the pandemic for the way people live and work across Europe. The survey was fielded online, among respondents who were reached via Eurofound’s

28 September 2020

På bare få uger har covid-19-pandemien, som er forårsaget af den nye coronavirus, radikalt ændret menneskers liv rundt omkring i verden. Covid-19-pandemien har ikke bare haft frygtelige helbredsmæssige konsekvenser for dem, der har været direkte berørt af virussen. Den har også haft store

06 May 2020

Online resources results (233)

Stress at work on the increase

A recent report from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI [1]), entitled Changing job quality in Great Britain: 1998–2004 (592Kb PDF) [2], revealed some evidence of improvements in job quality between 1998 and 2004, compared with the general deterioration in job quality in the 1990s. Key areas

Industrial workers most exposed to job strain

In 2002 and 2003, the SUMER (/Surveillance Médicale des Risques/ [Medical monitoring of risks]) survey was conducted among 1,792 company doctors. The latter survey provides an inventory of employee exposure to the main occupational risks in France. The doctors surveyed completed a questionnaire for

Increase in levels of stress at work

In recent times, stress has had priority status on the public agenda. Stress is increasingly being considered relevant as news material by the media; hence, it has been the subject of extensive public debate in an array of newspaper articles, opinion polls and social partner initiatives (DK0612019I

Satisfaction levels high despite stress at work

The annual Living in Luxembourg socioeconomic panel (/Panel Socio-Économique Liewen zu Lëtzebuerg/, PSELL-3) survey examines the well-being of workers in Luxembourg (see below for further details about the study). In 2004, when asked how satisfied they were at work, 39% of employees stated that they

More work and less control over pace of work

The Work Environment Survey 2003 (in Swedish, 1Mb PDF) [1] highlighted some improvements in the psychosocial work environment in Sweden. However, the results from the latest Work Environment Survey 2005 (in Swedish, 905Kb PDF) [2], published by the Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket, AV

Impact of job control and demands on temporary and permanent workers

The recent increase in temporary employment has provided an opportunity to re-evaluate well-established stress models. Models that proved to be predictive among permanent workers are being retested among temporary workers, that is, employees who hold dependent jobs of limited duration, as in the

Work and employment in the creative industries

The study carried out by Joanneum Research [1] and FORBA [2] investigated areas such as working conditions, career paths and strategies for coping with work pressure. [1] http://www.joanneum.at [2] http://www.forba.at

Unfair treatment and discrimination at work

In June 2006, the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI [1]) published an analysis of Britain’s first large-scale official survey of unfair treatment, perceived discrimination [2], bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. The report, Fair treatment at work survey 2005: Executive summary

A new approach to bullying in the workplace

Belgian research into the topic of bullying at work started relatively recently in light of growing policy interest in the matter. A new law was introduced in 2002 and revised in 2006 (BE0312304F [1]; BE0205301N [2]). Since the introduction of the law, new research has been developed within a

Growth in feeling of job insecurity among workers

Each year, the research institute Arbeitsförderungsinstitut – Istituto per la Promozione dei Lavoratori (AFI-IPL [1]), supported by the trade unions, carries out a quality of work survey in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, a bilingual Italian and German province with a special regional status. This


Blogs results (5)
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'Women belong in all the places where decisions are made', to borrow from the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. These decisions are made everywhere and at every level: in the home and at the workplace; in the boardroom and on the shop floor. Which is why it is of such serious concern to see the ongoing deep

8 marts 2023
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Women and frontline workers are most exposed to the risks of adverse social behaviour at work, such as burnout, exhaustion, anxiety and depression. This is according to the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey 2021 (EWCTS). In this data story, we dive into EWCTS data (EU27) to examine the

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live and work. With the lifting of restrictions across the globe, we are now able to examine the many repercussions on the world of work. In particular, the unique demands of the last few years have shone a harsh spotlight on the pressures brought to bear

17 januar 2023
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Lower levels of health, increasing financial pressure and a significant degree of unmet healthcare: these are the findings of the fifth round of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey: Living in a new era of uncertainty – a report that presents an overview of responses from over 200,000 people

6 oktober 2022
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​​​​​​​While women appear to be more resilient than men to COVID-19 in terms of health outcomes, that is not the case when it comes to the economic and social fallout. Measures taken by governments to control the spread of the virus are exacerbating gender divides in unemployment, domestic labour

Upcoming publications results (1)

Over the last decade, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have changed the way employees work and communicate with each other. Despite the many benefits of digitalisation of work, the widespread access to digital devices in working life provides an alternative medium for new forms of a

September 2024

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