Research Consortium 2024: Addressing the 'elephant in the room' of psychosocial hazards: Identifying how to address potentially harmful work demands and workload

Psychosocial hazards, such as high workloads, long hours, and lack of control or autonomy, significantly impact employee mental health and wellbeing, with stress and mental ill health often arising when demands outweigh individual's resources. Job demands, including unachievable deadlines, cognitive overload, and emotional challenges, have intensified due to societal changes.

Recognising the issue of excessive job demands and the impact on employee wellbeing, there is a need for collaboration between researchers, organisations, and employees to answer the question: "How can we effectively manage the issue of excessive work demands?"

Through Affinity's research consortium, we collaborated with four prestigious companies using a Participatory Action Research methodology to explore work demands, and design and implement interventions to address them.

Read the research summary, four case studies, and the launch webinar recording and slides.

• Research Consortium 2024: Addressing the 'elephant in the room' of psychosocial hazards: Identifying how to address potentially harmful work demands and workload (PDF, 1.1 Mb)