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Joint ICOH-WOPS & APA-PFAW global roundtable perspectives: exploring national policy approaches for psychological health at work through the ‘National Policy Index’ lens (2024)
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Potter, R. E., Ertel, M., Dollard, M., Leka, S., Jain, A., Leourge, L., Houtman, I., Aust, B., Choi, W.-J., Crooks, N., Fizgerald, J., Hassan, S. N., Kirk-Brown, A., Mishiba, T., Spetch, A., Stoetzer, U., & Van Dijk, P. (2024). Joint ICOH-WOPS & APA-PFAW global roundtable perspectives: exploring national policy approaches for psychological health at work through the ‘National Policy Index’ lens. Industrial Health, 62(6), 353-366. https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2024-0092

Worker psychological health is a significant global imperative that requires national policy action and stakeholder engagement. While national policy is a critical lever for improving worker psychological health, some countries are more progressive t... Read More about Joint ICOH-WOPS & APA-PFAW global roundtable perspectives: exploring national policy approaches for psychological health at work through the ‘National Policy Index’ lens.

Have companies arisen to the challenge of promoting sustainable work? The role of responsible business practices in the context of evolving employment and working conditions (2023)
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Jain, A., Ripa, D., & Torres, L. (2024). Have companies arisen to the challenge of promoting sustainable work? The role of responsible business practices in the context of evolving employment and working conditions. Safety Science, 170, Article 106364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106364

As understanding and recognition grows regarding the importance of improving employment and working conditions to advance individual, organizational, and national objectives, several policy approaches have been developed in an attempt to drive furthe... Read More about Have companies arisen to the challenge of promoting sustainable work? The role of responsible business practices in the context of evolving employment and working conditions.

Relationship Between Occupational Safety and Health Policy Principles, Organizational Action on Work-related Stress and the Psychosocial Work Environment in Italy (2023)
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Leka, S., Torres, L., Jain, A., Di Tecco, C., Russo, S., & Iavicoli, S. (in press). Relationship Between Occupational Safety and Health Policy Principles, Organizational Action on Work-related Stress and the Psychosocial Work Environment in Italy. Safety and Health at Work, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2023.10.001

Background: It is acknowledged that legislation acts as a motivator for organizational action on psychosocial risks. Our study aims to provide evidence on the relationship between key occupational safety and health (OSH) policy principles and organiz... Read More about Relationship Between Occupational Safety and Health Policy Principles, Organizational Action on Work-related Stress and the Psychosocial Work Environment in Italy.

The differential impact of organizational restructuring and downsizing on the psychosocial work environment and safety climate in the petroleum industry (2023)
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Mathisen, G., Tjora, T., Bergh, L., Jain, A., & Leka, S. (2023). The differential impact of organizational restructuring and downsizing on the psychosocial work environment and safety climate in the petroleum industry. Safety Science, 166, Article 106255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106255

This study examines trends in employee perceptions of psychosocial risk and safety climate during organizational change in the Norwegian petroleum industry between 2007 and 2019. Using data from the RNNP survey, which is distributed to personnel on o... Read More about The differential impact of organizational restructuring and downsizing on the psychosocial work environment and safety climate in the petroleum industry.

The potential of responsible business to promote sustainable work – An analysis of CSR/ESG instruments (2023)
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Torres, L., Ripa, D., Jain, A., Herrero, J., & Leka, S. (2023). The potential of responsible business to promote sustainable work – An analysis of CSR/ESG instruments. Safety Science, 164, Article 106151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106151

In the last few years important efforts have been made to rationalise the growing corporate sustainability or CSR/ESG standards field aiming at achieving some degree of harmonisation. Yet, these efforts might be unable to capture the diversity of CSR... Read More about The potential of responsible business to promote sustainable work – An analysis of CSR/ESG instruments.

The impact of national legislation on psychosocial risks on organisational action plans, psychosocial working conditions, and employee work-related stress in Europe (2022)
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Jain, A., Torres, L. D., Teoh, K., & Leka, S. (2022). The impact of national legislation on psychosocial risks on organisational action plans, psychosocial working conditions, and employee work-related stress in Europe. Social Science and Medicine, 302, Article 114987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114987

Work-related psychosocial hazards are recognised as a key priority in the future of work. Even though European Union (EU) legislation requires employers to assess and manage all types of risks to workers’ health and safety associated with all types o... Read More about The impact of national legislation on psychosocial risks on organisational action plans, psychosocial working conditions, and employee work-related stress in Europe.

The impact of Covid-19 on gold and gemstone artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana and Kenya (2021)
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Muthuri, J., Jain, A., Ndegwa, A., Mwagandi, S., & Tagoe, N. (2021). The impact of Covid-19 on gold and gemstone artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana and Kenya. Africa Journal of Management, 7(1), 121-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2021.1878808

Artisanal and small-scale miners are facing unprecedented challenges due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The paper adopts a practice-based approach to examine the impact of Covid-19 on gold and gemstone Artisanal and Small-scale Mining... Read More about The impact of Covid-19 on gold and gemstone artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana and Kenya.

Developing a cost-estimation model for work-related stress: An absence-based estimation using data from two Italian case studies (2021)
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Di Tecco, C., Russo, S., Ronchetti, M., Tecco, C., Valenti, A., Jain, A., Mennini, F. S., Leka, S., & Iavicoli, S. (2021). Developing a cost-estimation model for work-related stress: An absence-based estimation using data from two Italian case studies. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 47(4), 318-327. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3948

Objectives This paper discusses the development of a cost-estimation model for work-related stress based on psychosocial risk exposure and absence from work. It presents findings from its implementation and evaluation in two organizations in Italy, u... Read More about Developing a cost-estimation model for work-related stress: An absence-based estimation using data from two Italian case studies.

Vision zero: Developing proactive leading indicators for safety, health and wellbeing at work (2020)
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Zwetsloot, G., Leka, S., Kines, P., & Jain, A. (2020). Vision zero: Developing proactive leading indicators for safety, health and wellbeing at work. Safety Science, 130, Article 104890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104890

The importance of leading occupational safety and health (OSH) indicators in complementing lagging indicators is an emerging topic for the promotion of a prevention culture in organizations. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development pr... Read More about Vision zero: Developing proactive leading indicators for safety, health and wellbeing at work.

Social Dialogue and Psychosocial Risk Management: Added Value of Manager and Employee Representative Agreement in Risk Perception and Awareness (2020)
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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), Article 3672. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103672

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’ traditio... Read More about Social Dialogue and Psychosocial Risk Management: Added Value of Manager and Employee Representative Agreement in Risk Perception and Awareness.

Psychosocial Working Conditions and Well-Being of Migrant Workers in Spain (2020)
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Leka, S., Bretones, F. D., Jain, A., & García-López, P. A. (2020). Psychosocial Working Conditions and Well-Being of Migrant Workers in Spain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), Article 2547. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072547

This study examines the relationship beween employment and psychosocial working conditions and well-being of native and migrant workers in the working population of Spain. Data from the 7th Spanish Survey of Working Conditions was used to conduct a c... Read More about Psychosocial Working Conditions and Well-Being of Migrant Workers in Spain.

(Un) doing gender for achieving equality at work: The role of corporate social responsibility (2018)
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Torres, L. D., Jain, A., & Leka, S. (2019). (Un) doing gender for achieving equality at work: The role of corporate social responsibility. Business Strategy and Development, 2(1), 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.40

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) research has been largely interested in answering the question of why more women at work is good for business, leaving unattended the question of how to achieve this, and how feminist theories can be integrated w... Read More about (Un) doing gender for achieving equality at work: The role of corporate social responsibility.

Managing health, safety and well-being: ethics, responsibility and sustainability (2018)
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Jain, A., Leka, S., & Zwetsloot, G. I. (2018). Managing health, safety and well-being: ethics, responsibility and sustainability. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1261-1

To achieve sustainable progress in workplace and societal functioning and development, it is essential to align perspectives for the management of health, safety and well-being. Employers are responsible for providing every individual with a working... Read More about Managing health, safety and well-being: ethics, responsibility and sustainability.

Job demands, job resources and innovative work behaviour: a European Union study (2018)
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Dediu, V., Leka, S., & Jain, A. (2018). Job demands, job resources and innovative work behaviour: a European Union study. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 27(3), 310-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2018.1444604

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study aims to investigate the relationship between several job design variables and innovative work behaviour (IWB). Guided by the Job Demands Resources model, the aim was to evalua... Read More about Job demands, job resources and innovative work behaviour: a European Union study.

An evaluation of the impact of a policy-level intervention to address psychosocial risks on organisational action in Italy (2017)
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Di Tecco, C., Jain, A., Valenti, A., Iavicoli, S., & Leka, S. (2017). An evaluation of the impact of a policy-level intervention to address psychosocial risks on organisational action in Italy. Safety Science, 100(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.05.015

Psychosocial hazards have the potential to cause harm to employee health and negatively affect organisational outcomes. Work-related stress is an outcome of exposure to psychosocial risks that has received broad attention at research and policy level... Read More about An evaluation of the impact of a policy-level intervention to address psychosocial risks on organisational action in Italy.

Employer’s civil liability for work-related accidents: A comparison of non-economic loss in Chile and England (2016)
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Torres, L. D., & Jain, A. K. (2017). Employer’s civil liability for work-related accidents: A comparison of non-economic loss in Chile and England. Safety Science, 94, 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.12.010

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Employers’ civil liability for work injuries and subsequent compensation for non-economic losses represent challenges for many countries. Several countries in Latin America and Europe still do not apply non-economic damage standar... Read More about Employer’s civil liability for work-related accidents: A comparison of non-economic loss in Chile and England.

Future challenges of occupational safety and health policy-making in the UK (2016)
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Leka, S., Jain, A. K., Zwetsloot, G. I., Andreou, N., & Hollis, D. (in press). Future challenges of occupational safety and health policy-making in the UK. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/14773996.2016.1231871

Understanding the changing landscape of occupational safety and health (OSH) regulation and standards and its implications are of central importance for ensuring that OSH outcomes are not compromised and the needs of different types of organizations... Read More about Future challenges of occupational safety and health policy-making in the UK.

Is psychosocial risk prevention possible? Deconstructing common presumptions (2015)
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Leka, S., Van Wassenhove, W., & Jain, A. K. (2015). Is psychosocial risk prevention possible? Deconstructing common presumptions. Safety Science, 71(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2014.03.014

This paper tackles a much debated and often misunderstood issue in the modern world of work, psychosocial risks. Although the prevalence and impact of psychosocial risks is now widely acknowledged as a priority in health and safety in Europe, there r... Read More about Is psychosocial risk prevention possible? Deconstructing common presumptions.

An evaluation of the policy context on psychosocial risks and mental health in the workplace in the European Union: achievements, challenges, and the future (2015)
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Leka, S., Jain, A. K., Iavicoli, S., & Di Tecco, C. (2015). An evaluation of the policy context on psychosocial risks and mental health in the workplace in the European Union: achievements, challenges, and the future. BioMed Research International, 2015(213089), https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/213089

Despite the developments both in hard and soft law policies in the European Union in relation to mental health and psychosocial risks in the workplace, a review of these policies at EU level has not been conducted to identify strengths, weaknesses, a... Read More about An evaluation of the policy context on psychosocial risks and mental health in the workplace in the European Union: achievements, challenges, and the future.