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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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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...

21 Gegužė 2024
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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

2020 m. pradžioje EUROFOUND pradėta apklausa „Gyvenimas, darbas ir COVID-19“ siekiama nustatyti plataus masto pandemijos poveikį ES piliečių darbui ir gyvenimui. Be to, per penktąjį EUROFOUND apklausos etapą, kuris buvo įgyvendintas 2022 m. pavasarį, išryškėjo nauja neapibrėžta realybė, kurią sukėlė

07 December 2022

Penktasis EUROFOUND e. tyrimo etapas, kuris vyko nuo 2022 m. kovo 25 d. iki gegužės 2 d., atskleidžia socialinę ir ekonominę žmonių padėtį visoje Europoje praėjus dvejiems metams po to, kai COVID-19 pirmą kartą buvo nustatytas Europos žemyne. Jame taip pat nagrinėjama gyvenimo realybė naujoje

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

Dėl ilgai trukusio atsigavimo po ekonominės krizės (2007–2013 m.) jaunimas Europos Sąjungoje buvo labiau pažeidžiamas apribojimų, kurie buvo taikyti COVID-19 pandemijos plitimo mažinimui, poveikiui. Jaunuoliai dažniau nei vyresnio amžiaus asmenys patyrė riziką prarasti darbą, būti finansiškai

09 November 2021

2021 m. vasario ir kovo mėn. vykdytas trečiasis EUROFOUND e. tyrimo etapas atskleidė, kokia yra visos Europos gyventojų ekonominė situacija po beveik visus metus taikytų su COVID-19 pandemija susijusių apribojimų. Šioje ataskaitoje analizuojami pagrindiniai nustatyti faktai ir stebimi vykstantys

10 May 2021

Šioje pavyzdinėje ataskaitoje apibendrinamos pagrindinės EUROFOUND darbo sąlygų tyrimo, atlikto 2017–2020 m., išvados. Joje aprašoma darbo sąlygų gerinimo pažanga, padaryta nuo 2000 m., ir tiriama, ar teigiami pokyčiai buvo vienodai naudingi visiems darbuotojams. Ataskaitoje nurodoma, kurioms

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

Vos per kelias savaites naujo koronaviruso sukelta COVID-19 pandemija radikaliai pakeitė žmonių gyvenimą visame pasaulyje. Be pražūtingų padarinių nuo viruso tiesiogiai nukentėjusių žmonių sveikatai, COVID-19 pandemija padarė didelį poveikį žmonių gyvenimo ir darbo būdui ir labai paveikė jų fizinę

06 May 2020

Online resources results (233)

Caring professions at risk of job burnout

The work@social [1] interest group (/Interessengemeinschaft/) of the Union of Salaried Employees, Printing Workers and Journalists (Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten, Druck, Journalismus, Papier, GPA-DJP [2]) commissioned a a survey on job burnout. The study was coordinated by the human resource

Occupational differences in incidence of conflicts and bullying

Conflicts and bullying at work have been frequently discussed in the Norwegian media over the past year. When these topics are presented, the research often offers an insight into single cases of conflict or bullying, rather than presenting an overall picture of the situation in workplaces. In 2007

Generational differences in attitudes towards work

An EU-funded research project, called the ‘Generational approach to the social patterns of the relation to work’ (SPReW [1]), focuses on the factors leading to either solidarity or tensions in intergenerational relations in the area of work. The research attempts to provide a better understanding of

Factors determining rate of employee turnover in companies

In 2007, the Lithuanian Labour Exchange (Lietuvos darbo birža, LDB [1]) commissioned a survey to analyse the most important factors influencing the turnover of employees in Lithuanian enterprises. Two groups of respondents were interviewed within the framework of the survey, comprising: [1] http:/

Study examines views of women and men at work

‘Women and men in organisations’ was a survey conducted on behalf of the Centre for Partnership and Equality (Centrul Parteneriat pentru Egalitate, CPE [1]) by the Institute of Marketing and Polls (Institutul de Marketing şi Sondaje, IMAS [2]) during the period of March–April 2006. The population

High incidence of truck drivers falling asleep at the wheel

Between 2005 and 2007, the Department of Public Health [1] in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University [2] conducted an epidemiological study (in Dutch, 525Kb PDF) [3] on the sleeping and driving habits of Flemish truck drivers. [1] http://www.ugent.be/en/departments?ugentid

Positive effects of anonymous job applications

For some time, several municipal and governmental bodies have applied, to various extents, anonymous job application procedures in their recruitment. So far, the actual impact of such anonymous job applications is not well known although the idea is supported both in theory and practicse.

Wide differences among workplaces in quality of working life

The Finnish Working Life Barometer 2007 (in Finnish, 471Kb PDF) [1], monitored by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, TEM [2]), is the 16th national barometer measuring annual changes in working life. Computer-assisted telephone interviews were carried out among

Social workers subject to intense work pace and stress levels

In recent years, several studies on the work environment have been carried out by the Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket, WEA [1]) based on interviews and reported cases of work-related diseases: Work-related disorders 2006 (in Swedish) [2], Occupational accidents and work-related

High level of perceived risk among call centre operators

The call centre industry is growing rapidly in Italy: the customer relationship management (CRM) group Customer Management Multimedia Competence estimates that some 250,000 operators are employed in 1,400 companies. Call centres are currently perceived as the archetype of a post-industrial society


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 Kovas 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 Sausis 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 Spalis 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

3 Birželis 2020
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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