Silva, Renata Moreira de Sa e (2023) Contributions of psychodynamics of work to health and safety management in civil construction works. PhD thesis, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.
Abstract
In the civil construction sector the numbers of deaths and incapacitated people are still considered critical. Brazil ranks fourth in the world in occupational accidents, even though there is legislation in place to protect workers and occupational safety initiatives are widespread. With the emergence of Psychosocial Occupational Risks (POPR's), which are considered to be emerging today and are the result of interactions between work, job satisfaction, and organizational conditions, the need for new models of risk management arises, since the traditional models of blame (both employer's and employee's) have not been efficient. Thus, this research aims to present an alternative form of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management through the management of Occupational Psychosocial Risks (OPSRs) using Psychodynamics of Work (PDT). To do so, we used Dejours' PDT method of qualitative research for a pilot project. Clinical work listening was carried out in eight meetings with volunteer construction workers who worked at heights, in a collective speech space. As the meetings progressed, there was a greater engagement and a change in the posture and conduct of professional activities in the work environment, increasing the care with health and safety, and reflecting on the increase of productivity. It was observed that the inclusion of social aspects in risk management in the workplace presents itself as an alternative to optimize performance for an effective management of OSH.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Pereira, Claudio Henrique de Almeida Feitosa and Oliveira, Marcos Honorato de |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | occupational health and safety management; risk management; psychosocial risks; occupational safety; psychodynamics of work |
| Index terms: | qualitative research, construction sector, emergence, social aspect, legislation, health and safety, volunteer, Brazil, occupational health and safety, occupational accident, risk management, occupational safety and health, work environment, construction work, construction worker, interaction, occupational safety, health and safety management, productivity, job satisfaction |
| Subjects: | legal systems, operations management, practitioner, behavioral psychology, health safety and environment, Geography, research design and methodology, risk assessment, systems engineering, industry analysis, sociology, occupational health and safety management, management, health risk and incident analysis |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Geographical Context, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Risk Management, Legal Issues, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Human Resources, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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