“Psychosocial Risks”: Between Persistence and Misunderstanding
Lhuilier, Dominique
“Psychosocial Risks”: Between Persistence and Misunderstanding - 2010.
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Based on a review of the literature about the emergence of various categories of the “dangers” of work, such as attrition, stress, violence, and harassment, this paper attempts to identify the current modalities of understanding the “health and work” issue and the ignorance that seems to go along with them. The new “psychosocial risk” category is part of this legacy. It reproduces and partly renews the stakes that are linked to these sociohistorical constructions. Indeed, the link between health and work is always approached through its negative and deleterious effects. Thus, it denies the important issues of the health of the “unemployed,” as well as work as a source of health. The “games” around causal attribution are still alive between the supporters of “risk exposure” and those of the proneness to illness of the “fragile” people. The issues about health appear to be individualized and eugenics trends seem to be growing. This results in a sort of “omerta” about the question of work and health because of the fear of stigma. This silence may be a counterproductive form of resistance as it contributes to the fatigue and loneliness of each one in the face of the unavoidable experience of fragility, which is not a personal fragility, but a human one.
“Psychosocial Risks”: Between Persistence and Misunderstanding - 2010.
66
Based on a review of the literature about the emergence of various categories of the “dangers” of work, such as attrition, stress, violence, and harassment, this paper attempts to identify the current modalities of understanding the “health and work” issue and the ignorance that seems to go along with them. The new “psychosocial risk” category is part of this legacy. It reproduces and partly renews the stakes that are linked to these sociohistorical constructions. Indeed, the link between health and work is always approached through its negative and deleterious effects. Thus, it denies the important issues of the health of the “unemployed,” as well as work as a source of health. The “games” around causal attribution are still alive between the supporters of “risk exposure” and those of the proneness to illness of the “fragile” people. The issues about health appear to be individualized and eugenics trends seem to be growing. This results in a sort of “omerta” about the question of work and health because of the fear of stigma. This silence may be a counterproductive form of resistance as it contributes to the fatigue and loneliness of each one in the face of the unavoidable experience of fragility, which is not a personal fragility, but a human one.
Réseaux sociaux