Research in Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) demonstrates that different (work and non-work) environmental and individual characteristics might affect workers’ well-being. However, these findings have been generalized to both women and men. Both women’s and men’s occupational health merit scientific attention, as researchers need to consider the effect of gender on how occupational health issues are experienced, expressed, defined, and addressed. It thus seems important to expand on current knowledge within the discipline of OHP by including Gender Studies (GS). The aim of this paper is once the theoretical framework is established, to summarize the main factors that have been found empirically to describe psychosocial health differences/similarities between women and men at work. Finally some advices are given about a new agenda for future research and intervention in the field of OHP that takes the gender perspective into account.
Women and men at work: Analizing occupational stress and well-being from a gender perspective
SIGNANI, Fulvia
Ultimo
2016
Abstract
Research in Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) demonstrates that different (work and non-work) environmental and individual characteristics might affect workers’ well-being. However, these findings have been generalized to both women and men. Both women’s and men’s occupational health merit scientific attention, as researchers need to consider the effect of gender on how occupational health issues are experienced, expressed, defined, and addressed. It thus seems important to expand on current knowledge within the discipline of OHP by including Gender Studies (GS). The aim of this paper is once the theoretical framework is established, to summarize the main factors that have been found empirically to describe psychosocial health differences/similarities between women and men at work. Finally some advices are given about a new agenda for future research and intervention in the field of OHP that takes the gender perspective into account.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.