The role of policy for the management of psychosocial risks at the workplace in the European Union

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 558-564

  Leka, Stavroula ^a   Jain, Aditya ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^b   Vartia, Maarit ^c   Ertel, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullying; Policy level interventions; Psychosocial risk management; Work related stress; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; POLICY-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS; PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT; WORK-RELATED STRESS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

INTERNATIONAL LAW; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BULLYING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 79952009599     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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