The Wicked Character of Psychosocial Risks: Implications for Regulation
| Autor: | Peter Hasle, Klaus Tranetoft Nielsen, Anne Helbo Jespersen |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Value (ethics)
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0211 other engineering and technologies working environment & wellbeing 02 engineering and technology Certification Audit lcsh:Labor. Work. Working class Occupational safety and health 021105 building & construction 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Organization & management Life-span and Life-course Studies Enforcement 050107 human factors business.industry lcsh:HD4801-8943 05 social sciences Environmental resource management Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Risk analysis (engineering) Health Industrial relations Management system Business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, Vol 6, Iss 3 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2245-0157 |
| Popis: | Psychosocial risks constitute a significant problem in most workplaces, and they are generally considered more difficult to regulate than many other occupational health and safety risks. This article investigates the challenges of regulating psychosocial risks in the workplace. The difficulties lie in the particular nature of psychosocial risks: their complexity, uncertainty, value, and power divergences. Psychosocial risks therefore resemble ‘wicked problems’, typically characterized by unclear cause-effect relationships and uncertain solutions. We use the ‘wicked problems’ concept to show how workplace regulation, and particularly the enforcement in the form of inspection and audits of certified occupational health and safety management systems, face challenges in assessing psychosocial risks and the strategies used by regulators to overcome these challenges. While regulation has become more effective in several countries, a better understanding of the nature of the challenges is still needed. It is necessary to accept the uncertain nature of psychosocial risks in the search for more efficient regulation. Achieving more effective regulation should involve stakeholders in the workplace who deal with the prerogatives of management, and should help develop the competencies of the inspectors and auditors in the field. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|