Psychosocial risks to workers' well-being: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Psychosocial risks represent a major challenge to the health and well-being of workers in the EU. While the [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic intensified some of these risks, it also increased awareness of them among policymakers. 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. It also assesses job characteristics that could help to protect workers' health and well-being in post ... Show more

Authors: Szeker, Lise; Gaudiino, Maria; Broeck, Anja van den; Lenaerts, Karolien ... [+] Show more

Published: Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: iii, 82 p.

Access item: https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publications/2023/psychosocial-risks-workers-well-being-lessons-covid-19-pandemic

Show more

Download files

No attachments