Stress at Work: Individuals or Structures?

IF 1 4区 社会学 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR Industrial Law Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-23 DOI:10.1093/INDLAW/DWAB006
A. Davies
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Stress is a significant practical problem in modern workplaces. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), more than half of all working days lost to ill health each year are attributed to stress, depression or anxiety. This article offers an overview of the occupational psychology literature on workplace stress, focussing on the job demands–resources or JD-R model, developed by Demerouti et al., and highlighting two important points: first, that stress at work is not just about excessive job ‘demands’ but also about inadequate ‘resources’ to cope with those demands; second, that stress-related ill-health is not just a matter of vulnerability on the part of the individual worker, but is also about the way in which the workplace is organised. The article then draws on these insights to offer a critique of the way in which health and safety law and tort law approach workplace stress, arguing that both bodies of law are overly focussed on treating stress as a matter of individual vulnerability. It concludes by drawing out some broader implications of the occupational psychology literature for areas of employment law less obviously related to workplace stress, and for casual or platform working.
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工作压力:个人还是组织?
压力是现代工作场所中一个重要的实际问题。据英国健康与安全执行局(HSE)称,每年因身体不适而损失的工作日中,有一半以上是由于压力、抑郁或焦虑造成的。本文概述了关于工作压力的职业心理学文献,重点关注Demerouti等人开发的工作需求-资源或JD-R模型,并强调了两个要点:首先,工作压力不仅仅是工作“需求”过多,而且是应对这些需求的“资源”不足;其次,与压力相关的健康问题不仅是员工个人的脆弱性问题,还与工作场所的组织方式有关。然后,文章利用这些见解,对健康安全法和侵权法处理工作场所压力的方式提出了批评,认为这两个法律机构都过于关注将压力视为个人脆弱性的问题。最后,它提出了职业心理学文献对就业法领域的一些更广泛的影响,这些领域与工作场所压力的关系不太明显,以及对休闲或平台工作的影响。
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期刊介绍: Industrial Law Journal is established as the leading periodical in its field, providing comment and in-depth analysis on a wide range of topics relating to employment law. It is essential reading for practising lawyers, academics, and lay industrial relations experts to keep abreast of newly enacted legislation and proposals for law reform. In addition Industrial Law Journal carries commentary on relevant government publications and reviews of books relating to labour law.
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