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Social Dialogue and Psychosocial Risk Management: Added Value of Manager and Employee Representative Agreement in Risk Perception and Awareness

Houtman, Irene; van Zwieten, Marianne; Leka, Stavroula; Jain, Aditya; de Vroome, Ernest

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Authors

Irene Houtman

Marianne van Zwieten

Stavroula Leka

ADITYA JAIN ADITYA.JAIN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Sustainable Work and Development

Ernest de Vroome



Abstract

The present study aimed to explore the added value of managers’ and employee representatives’ agreement in risk perception and awareness in explaining the management of more ‘subjective’ psychosocial risks as compared to the more ‘objective’ traditional OSH risks. The general assumption tested was whether the added value of agreement in risk perception and awareness between these parties would be larger for psychosocial risk management as compared to traditional OSH risk management. European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-1) data were used from 7226 enterprises in which both managers and employee representatives were interviewed. Answers by employee representatives and managers to mirror questions on risk perception and awareness were used as independent variables, and answers to questions on risk management by the manager were used as dependent variables. Polynomial regression with response surface analysis was used. Differences in risk perception and awareness between managers and employee representatives explained more variance in psychosocial risk management as compared to more traditional OSH risk management. The implications of these findings and the importance of ‘social dialogue’ particularly in the case of psychosocial risk management as opposed to general OSH management are discussed.

Citation

Houtman, I., van Zwieten, M., Leka, S., Jain, A., & de Vroome, E. (2020). Social Dialogue and Psychosocial Risk Management: Added Value of Manager and Employee Representative Agreement in Risk Perception and Awareness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103672

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 20, 2020
Online Publication Date May 22, 2020
Publication Date May 22, 2020
Deposit Date Jul 2, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Print ISSN 1660-4601
Electronic ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 10
Article Number 3672
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103672
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4523345
Publisher URL https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/10/3672

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