All Outputs (10)

Relationship Between Occupational Safety and Health Policy Principles, Organizational Action on Work-related Stress and the Psychosocial Work Environment in Italy (2023)
Journal Article
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 potential of responsible business to promote sustainable work – An analysis of CSR/ESG instruments (2023)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Vision zero: Developing proactive leading indicators for safety, health and wellbeing at work (2020)
Journal Article
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, 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)
Journal Article
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

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Job demands, job resources and innovative work behaviour: a European Union study (2018)
Journal Article
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.

Developing a performance indicator for psychosocial risk in the oil and gas industry (2013)
Journal Article
Vestly Bergh, L. I., Hinna, S., Leka, S., & Jain, A. (2014). Developing a performance indicator for psychosocial risk in the oil and gas industry. Safety Science, 62, 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.005

Psychosocial risks in the oil and gas industry can have a significant impact on health and safety outcomes and must be handled in the same manner as other operational risks. A sustainable and comprehensive system for psychosocial risk management shou... Read More about Developing a performance indicator for psychosocial risk in the oil and gas industry.

Examining psychosocial and physical hazards in the Ghanaian mining industry and their implications for employees' safety experience (2013)
Journal Article
Amponsah-Tawiah, K., Jain, A., Leka, S., Hollis, D., & Cox, T. (2013). Examining psychosocial and physical hazards in the Ghanaian mining industry and their implications for employees' safety experience. Journal of Safety Research, 45, 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2013.01.003

Introduction In addition to hazardous conditions that are prevalent in mines, there are various physical and psychosocial risk factors that can affect mine workers' safety and health. Without due diligence to mine safety, these risk factors can affec... Read More about Examining psychosocial and physical hazards in the Ghanaian mining industry and their implications for employees' safety experience.