La santé et la sécurité du travail face à la diversification des réalités organisationnelles

The economic, political and social context incorporates a variety of issues. These include issues related to social and labour policies, labour market developments (such as more extensive employer-union relations or the unionization rate), government and political party direction, and the social context.

The work situation represents what is actually experienced in a specific work environment. This includes the relationships that are established between individuals and this work environment. The meso dimension comprises several determinants. This dimension corresponds to the workplace conditions (organization of work), tasks and requirements, management practices, organizational culture (OHS culture), structural characteristics, social environment, and collective working mode.

The determinants of this dimension include issues related to the suitability of the work and the individual worker. Work activity is influenced by workers and their characteristics (age, gender, cultural community, training, qualifications, experience, health status, anthropometric characteristics, perceptions, aspirations), their live experience and social representations. We deal with real work and control strategies.

Some conditions have positive effects on the worker’s physical and mental health, while others have negative effects. Conditions may also have positive or negative effects on the organization. We will discuss some of these conditions and review the concept of leeway for the individual worker and the organization.