Prevención Presentaciones Holistic view of Psychosocial Issues at Work The Psychosocial Factors regarded as new Emergent Risks in a Globalized World Jordi Serra Pallisa Psychosocial Prevention Manager Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Presentaciones ASEPEYO Datos sobre los Riesgos Information on psychosocial risks Psicosociales 9% workers Mobbing 28% workers Stress 23% workers Burn Out 16% workers Psychosocial Risks 17% workers Mobbing 87% doctors Burn Out XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Presentaciones Globalization Economic, political and social interdependence of the markets and the companies of the world, caused by three main issues: the increase of the volume and the variety of the global transactions of consumer goods, services and capital, the combined action of the information new technologies and communication and, finally, the appearence of new capital markets. GLOBALIZATION Companies Competitiveness New ways of Work Organization XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Presentaciones New ways of work organization. Characteristics ) Information technologies ) Downsizing companies ) New models to develop work ) New ways of employment ) Flexibility ) New work schedules ) Working population ageing ) Increase of working immigrants XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Globalization consequences Prevención Presentaciones GLOBALIZATION New ways of Work Organization Workload increase g More Responsibility g Speed increase in carrying out work g Workers Psychological Strain Psychosocial Risks XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención New risks Presentaciones “The establishment of new labor practices increases the possibilities that new safety and health risks appear (or that some of the existing dangers become greater)” Paracelsus, Century XVI Physician XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Psychosocial risks Presentaciones “The interactions between work, environment, satisfaction and organizational conditions, on one hand; and worker capacities, their culture, his necessities and personal situation outside the work, on the other, can influence the health, performance and occupational satisfaction of the worker through his perceptions and experiencies” ILO-WHO XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Psychosocial risks. Classification Presentaciones ) LABOR DISSATISFACTION ) EMERGING PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS: µ STRESS at WORK µ BURN OUT µ MOBBING XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Labor dissatisfaction. Classification Presentaciones µ Company factors structure µ Working design and content µ Mental workload µ Working time organization µ Personal relationships XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Labor dissatisfaction. Classification Presentaciones µ Company factors structure: O O O O Processes of formal comunication Hierarchic relations. Managing style Professional promotion Labor instability µ Working design and content: O O O O O Task design Competence definition Level autonomy - Ability to take decisions Work importance Motivational level XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Labor dissatisfaction. Classification Presentaciones µ Mental Workload: O O O Information complexity Attention level Time pressure µ Working Time Organization: O O O O Shifts Pauses and rests Work rate Labor journey XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Emerging Psychosocial risks Presentaciones Stress at Work: Physiological, psychological and individual behavior response related to his negative perception of lack resources to cope with labor demands according to his personal and labor development needs. STRESSORS: PHYSICAL PERSONAL OCCUPATIONAL XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Emerging psychosocial risks Presentaciones Burn Out: Chronic emotional fatigue syndrome characterized by three dimensions:Emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment, that arises between professionals in the exercise of their activity, specially for professions in which one works in direct contact with service users. CHARACTERISTICS: Chronical progressive stress (1 to 3 years) Qualitative excess workload High degree motivated persons Work with high level of emotional involvement Contact with service users XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Emerging psychosocial risks Presentaciones Mobbing: Process that leads to deliberated behavior of extreme violence exerted to a person at work, systematically and frecuently (once a week at least) and during a long period of time (six months at least), with the purpose of destroying all his working surrounding references (communication, reputation, tasks, etc.) in order to obtain, finally, his resignation from work. XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Emerging psychosocial risks Presentaciones Mobbing: Mobbing: CHARACTERISTICS: Origin: bad interpersonal relations Asymmetric conflict To attack basic person necessities Causes: Bad work organization and conflict management Physical, psychologial an social consequences BEHAVIORS: Actions against Reputation Actions against Performance Manipulation of Information Not equal situations XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene Prevención Psychosocial risks consequences Presentaciones O INDIVIDUAL: Emotional Changes Î Cognitive Changes Î Behavior Changes Î Physical and psychofisiological Changes Î O ORGANIZATIONAL: Accident rate increase Î Absentism Î Low performance Î Conflictive labor climate Î XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Orlando (USA), September 18 - 22, 2005 XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene www.asepeyo.es www.formacionsh.asepeyo.es Area de Psicosociología de la Prevención Dirección de Seguridad e Higiene XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work ASEPEYO. Dirección Seguridad e Higiene