Yves Clot est titulaire de la Chaire de psychologie du travail du Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (CNAM) au sein duquel il dirige l’equipe de clinique de l’activite. Cet ouvrage est le second qu’il publie dans cette collection, le premier « La fonction psychologique du travail » est paru en 1999. Entre les deux s’inscrivent un grand nombre de publications, dont beaucoup avec d’autres chercheurs, comme on pourra le constater en consultant la bibliographie de ce livre. Ce denier reun...

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Travail et pouvoir d’agir de Clot

Le college d'experts reuni pour definir les indicateurs pertinents en matiere de suivi statistique des risques psychosociaux a rendu ses conclusions. Il propose six axes d'investigation correspondant a differents facteurs de risque.

Mesurer les facteurs psychosociaux de risque

Can positivity promote safety? Psychological capital development combats cynicism and unsafe behavior

The aim of this study was to examine the association of work stress, exhaustion, well-being, and related individual, organizational, and social factors, focusing especially on age differences in Taiwan. The data were from the 2015 Taiwan Social Change Survey. The participants were community-based adults, aged 18 years or older, selected via stratified multistage proportional probability sampling from the Taiwanese population. Well-being was measured by self-rated health and psychological health. Descriptive analysis, one-way analysis of variance, and linear regression analysis were used. Work stresses were related to three types of exhaustion, and exhaustion was related to well-being. Individual working style (being creative and using new methods), organizational factors (job satisfaction, work-family conflict, discrimination against women), and social factors (difficult finding a good job than older cohorts) were related to well-being. Older age was related to worse self-rated health, and age showed a reverse-U-shaped relation with psychological health. The resilience of older workers could be an opportunity for the global active aging trend, and interventions to support older workers in organizations would be beneficial.

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Age differences in work stress, exhaustion, well-being, and related factors from an ecological perspective

Prevalence of back pain problems in relation to occupational group

The purpose of the present study was to explore the relation of work-related risk factors and well-being among healthcare workers and the impact on patient safety, using the Health and Work Survey (INSAT) and Mental Health Continuum - Short Form (MHC-SF) A sample of 361 Portuguese healthcare workers participated in this study The results indicate some significant work-related risk factors: for emotional well-being, Impossible to express myself (β = -0977), Not having recognition by superiors (β = -1028) and Have to simulate good mood and/or empathy (β = -1007); for social well-being, Exposed to the risk of sexual discrimination (β = -2088), Career progress is almost impossible (β = -1518), and Have to hide my emotions (β = -2307); finally for psychological well-being Exposed to the risk of sexual discrimination (β = -2153), Career progress is almost impossible (β = -1377), and Have to simulate good mood and/or empathy (β = -3201) The results showed high levels of well-being despite the exposure of several risk factors at workplace Regarding the work-related risk factors, the study showed that most of the participants are exposed to several risk factors at workplace (ranging from environmental risk factors, biological to physical), although psychosocial risk factors (work relations with superiors and colleagues, employment relations, and emotional demands) are the ones that most impact on well-being

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Healthcare Workers: Occupational Health Promotion and Patient Safety.

BACKGROUND Most developed countries have considered population ageing as one of the economic challenges that need to be overcome. Managing ageing has led to consideration of a number of policies where it is essential to increase the employment rate for older workers. OBJECTIVE This study aims to analyze the working conditions which tend to be perceived as hindering continuity in the workplace at the age of 60. PARTICIPANTS 1234 workers from different sectors and socio-professional categories (52% men and 48% women; 64.5% younger than 45 years old). METHODS A quantitative overview was adopted with the use of logistic regression models. The INSAT was used (Work and Health Questionnaire). RESULTS Apart from factors of great physical constraint, other less visible aspects play a role in the idea of workers not being able to continue to work by the age of 60, namely factors linked to work organizational options and relationships with others. CONCLUSIONS Working conditions have a great influence in the idea of inability to perform the same type of work at 60. This notion does not only apply to older workers. In fact, even younger workers under certain working conditions hold the same view, thus raising social concerns that should be taken into account by public policies.

Will I be able to do my work at 60?: an analysis of working conditions that hinder active ageing

The purpose of this study was to develop the Health and Work Survey (INSAT) and examine the validity of the discomfort rating scale. Data were collected from 706 Portuguese workers from six economic sectors with the support of the Health and Work Survey (INSAT - Inquerito Saude e Trabalho). The INSAT is a self-administered questionnaire to assessing working conditions, health and wellbeing, and to provide information to the occupational health systems in the organisations. For the survey instrument validation, the Rasch Partial Credit Model (PCM) was used to analyse item fit statistics. From the application of PCM, Person Separation Reliability was obtained (0.8761) and the value can be considered very good (>0.8). From the statistical analysis, the Overall Model fit information, given by Outfit Mean square/Infit Mean square, is between 0.5 and 1.5, meaning "Productive for measurement" and "acceptable fit overall". The INSAT items can generate predictable response patterns. We recommend that the INSAT discomfort rating scale and some other items should be reviewed in future works. In any event, this tool proves to be useful in assessing the relationship between work and health and in evaluating key main risk factors, helping to prevent problems and improving occupational health systems.

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Development and Validation of a Health and Work Survey Based on the Rasch Model among Portuguese Workers

BACKGROUND Working in healthcare can entail intense emotional demands that increases susceptibility to occupational risk factors. Psychosocial risk assessment can contribute to promoting awareness of the effects of work on positive mental health. AIMS To explore and analyse the influence of psychosocial work factors on positive mental health among psychologists. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 339 psychologists was conducted. Two instruments were used for data collection: the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) to assess well-being and the Health and Work Survey (INSAT) to assess psychosocial work factors. RESULTS This study identified psychosocial work factors that affect psychologists' positive mental health, namely, emotional well-being was affected by 'Need help from colleagues' (β = -1.091), 'Have no one I can trust' (β = -1.253) and 'Complex work' (β = 0.751); psychological well-being was affected by 'Intense work pace' (β = 1.151), 'Not able to participate in decisions' (β = -3.695) and 'Complex work' (β = 1.520); and social well-being was affected by 'Always changing roles and tasks' (β = -1.810) and 'Not able to participate in decisions' (β = -2.470). CONCLUSIONS Psychosocial work factors such as work organization, work relationships and emotional demands influence psychologists' positive mental health. Social support at the workplace and having challenging and autonomous work can promote mental health. It is important to develop better organizational practices to promote mental health and well-being among these professionals.

Carla Barros

Papers

Prevalence of back pain problems in relation to occupational group

Healthcare Workers: Occupational Health Promotion and Patient Safety.

Will I be able to do my work at 60?: an analysis of working conditions that hinder active ageing

Development and Validation of a Health and Work Survey Based on the Rasch Model among Portuguese Workers

Can psychosocial work factors influence psychologists’ positive mental health?