Systematic comparative content analysis of 17 psychosocial work environment questionnaires using a new taxonomy

Abstract

Background: Many questionnaires have been developed to measure how psychosocial characteristics are perceived in a work environment. But the content validity of these questionnaires has rarely been questioned due to the absence of a reference taxonomy for characteristics of work environments. Objectives: To propose an exhaustive taxonomy of work environment characteristics involved in psychosocial risks and to apply this taxonomy to questionnaires on workplace psychosocial factors. Methods: The taxonomy was developed by categorizing factors present in the main theoretical models of the field. Questionnaire items most frequently cited in scientific literature were retained for classification. Results: The taxonomy was structured into four hierarchical levels and comprises 53 categories. The 17 questionnaires analyzed included 927 items: 59 from the "physical environment" category, 116 from the "social environment" category, 236 from the "work activity" category, 255 from the "activity management" category, and 174 from the "organizational context" category. Conclusions: There are major content differences among analyzed questionnaires. This study offers a means for selecting a scale on the basis of content.

Riscos Psicossociais Relacionados ao Trabalho: perspectivas teóricas e conceituais

“…Esta pouca distinção dificulta a tarefa de gerenciamento dos riscos psicossociais no trabalho. Não à toa, os instrumentos de avaliação de riscos psicossociais são criticados por falta de consenso entre o que medem (Bonneterre et al, 2008;Kop et al, 2016;Singh & Conroy, 2017). Entende-se que o estresse no trabalho pode ser um fator de risco que contribui para o aparecimento de determinadas doenças (Eller et al, 2009), porém não é um risco ocupacional em si, sendo consequência da exposição a um determinado agente de risco.…”

“…Desde a década de 1980, há vasta quantidade de estudos acerca de riscos psicossociais relacionados ao trabalho e, apesar de sua crescente relevância e preocupação, face aos impactos que produzem nas organizações, há aspectos teóricos e conceituais que merecem ser objetos de reflexão crítica. Um dos principais aspectos, nesse sentido, é o uso de diferentes terminologias que definem riscos psicossociais (Kop, Althaus, Formet-Robert, & Grosjean, 2016;Weissbrodt & Giauque, 2017).…”

“…Na literatura há pouca clareza sobre quais elementos constituem riscos psicossociais ocupacionais (Chirico, 2017;Kop et al, 2016). Esta revisão sistemática foi realizada no intuito de refletir criticamente acerca das diferenças conceituais os termos utilizados para definir riscos psicossociais no trabalho, bem como relacionálos às diferentes perspectivas teóricas que os sustentam.…”

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“…Workplace MSD risk management is more effective in reducing risk when workers are actively involved in the process [36–39] . In fact, assessment of risk from psychosocial hazards is not possible without worker participation; this is because many of these hazards are not observable by others, and also because risk is influenced by workers’ personal perceptions [16, 40]. Such evidence is not reflected in current workplace risk management practices, which rely largely on observation-based methods with minimal input from affected workers [8, 9, 11, 21].…”

Professional Flourishing: The Job Demands–Resources Model and Emergency Nursing

“…[1][2][3] Common interdisciplinary questionnaires used to measure concepts of the JD-R model include the World Health Organization's Health and Work Performance Questionnaire, 4 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthy Worksite Program Health INPUTS Survey, 5 the Job Content Questionnaire, 2 and the Quality of Working Life module from the General Social Surveys. 6,7 The concepts can also be mapped through nursing informatics systems. 8 Briefly, recent evidence on general nursing work illustrates the unique strains and motivators of the occupation.…”