Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 28;18(21):11354. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111354.
The epidemic of psychosocial risks continues to increase and the COVID-19 pandemic has even worsened this threat on workers' health. This inexorable and evidence-based rise seems to be impervious to the preventive strategies proposed for more than 40 years. Hypotheses are proposed to explain this serious problem that drastically impacts public health and the economy. The objectives of this paper are to present, in this broad context of societal and cultural changes, how the present shift in management paradigms may represent opportunities to reduce work-related diseases. In the first part of this paper, we will summarize the situation on three main issues and their relation with psychosocial risks: (1) evolution of the occupational safety and health field, (2) change in the nature of work, and (3) emerging models of governance. In the second part, we will describe, through a few examples (among many others), how emerging models of corporate governance may reduce and prevent stress and burnout. Work is changing fundamentally, and this impacts workers' (and managers') health and well-being; that is why approaches in line with these changes are necessary. The COVID-19 pandemic has produced major changes in work organization. This may offer promising opportunities to reanalyze working conditions for a better control of occupational diseases and stress with all the benefits these improvements will bring for society and for individuals.
心理社会风险的流行继续增加，COVID-19 大流行甚至使工人的健康受到更大威胁。这种无情且有证据支持的上升趋势，似乎对 40 多年来提出的预防策略没有任何影响。人们提出了一些假设来解释这一严重问题，这一问题对公共卫生和经济产生了巨大影响。本文的目的是在社会和文化变化的这一广泛背景下，提出当前管理模式的转变如何为减少与工作相关的疾病提供机会。在本文的第一部分，我们将总结三个主要问题及其与心理社会风险的关系的情况：（1）职业安全与健康领域的演变；（2）工作性质的变化；（3）新兴的治理模式。在第二部分，我们将通过一些例子（其中许多）描述新兴的公司治理模式如何减少和预防压力和倦怠。工作正在从根本上发生变化，这影响着工人（和管理人员）的健康和福祉；这就是为什么需要采取符合这些变化的方法。COVID-19 大流行对工作组织产生了重大影响。这可能为重新分析工作条件以更好地控制职业病和压力提供有希望的机会，所有这些改进都将为社会和个人带来好处。
