scholarly journals Social Dialogue and Psychosocial Risk Management: Added Value of Manager and Employee Representative Agreement in Risk Perception and Awareness

Author(s):  
Irene Houtman ◽  
Marianne van Zwieten ◽  
Stavroula Leka ◽  
Aditya Jain ◽  
Ernest de Vroome

The present study aimed to explore the added value of managers’ and employee representatives’ agreement in risk perception and awareness in explaining the management of more ‘subjective’ psychosocial risks as compared to the more ‘objective’ traditional OSH risks. The general assumption tested was whether the added value of agreement in risk perception and awareness between these parties would be larger for psychosocial risk management as compared to traditional OSH risk management. European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-1) data were used from 7226 enterprises in which both managers and employee representatives were interviewed. Answers by employee representatives and managers to mirror questions on risk perception and awareness were used as independent variables, and answers to questions on risk management by the manager were used as dependent variables. Polynomial regression with response surface analysis was used. Differences in risk perception and awareness between managers and employee representatives explained more variance in psychosocial risk management as compared to more traditional OSH risk management. The implications of these findings and the importance of ‘social dialogue’ particularly in the case of psychosocial risk management as opposed to general OSH management are discussed.

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Dorel Badea ◽  
Crenguţa Macovei ◽  
Olga Maria Cristina Bucoveţchi ◽  
Marian Coman

Abstract Through this article it is brought to attention the essential aspects related to the perceived risks for critical infrastructure, both theoretically and practically, considering perception as an important input in the risk management process. For the practical part, the added value component in the field consists from the results of research based on survey, conducted in a wider framework of determining the level of awareness of the critical infrastructure issue by a pilot sample, consisting of persons with managerial and operational attributions in this sector.


2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 8863-8871
Author(s):  
Maria Isabel Arango Torres ◽  
Misael Cortés Rodriguez ◽  
Esteban Largo Ávila

Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) is a tuber with a high content of active compounds that offer health benefits, so its productive chain seeks new alternatives to generate yacon products with added value; however, it tends to be a perishable product due to its high aw, chemical composition, and enzymatic activity. The influence of both composition and homogenization in the colloidal stability of yacon suspensions was evaluated for later use in spray drying. Response surface methodology and a central composite design were used, considering three independent variables: homogenization time (TH) (4-6 min), xanthan gum (XG) (0.1-0.2%), and acidity (0.1-0.3%); and the following dependent variables: zeta potential (ζ), color (CIELab), viscosity (μ), stability index by spectral absorption (R), and particle size (D10, D50, and D90). The values of the independent variables that best fit the experimental optimization criteria were: XG=0.16%, acid=0.3%, and TH=4.8 min. The values of the experimental dependent variables and the variables predicted by the quadratic model were ζ=-33.8±4.0 and -37.6 mV, µ=1143.0±93.4 and 1000 cP, R=0.45±0.1 and 0.48, D10=127.8±8.2 and 138.1 µm, D50=251.2±16.3 and 267.7 µm, D90=424.3±28.7 mm and 463.9 µm, L*=41.7±1.4 and 41.8, a*=0.02±0.85 and 1.6, and b*=15.0±1.3 and 14.8, respectively. The colloidal suspension showed adequate physicochemical stability, favored mainly by repulsive forces, homogenization, and rheology of the continuous phase; reaching a content of total solids of 12.5%.


Author(s):  
Herry Cornelius Hutabarat

<pre>The study aims to examine the effect of liquidity risk management on Return on Assets / ROA and on Return on Equity / ROE. Risk management is proxies by operating costs on operating income (BOPO), non-performing loans (NPL), and Reserve Requirements (RR). The results showed that the independent variables BOPO and RR had a significant effect on the dependent variable Y1, and simultaneously independent variables had a significant effect on the dependent variables Y1 and Y2.</pre><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Key words : BOPO, NPL, RR, ROA and ROE</strong></p>


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ertel ◽  
U. Stilijanow ◽  
C. Sedlatschek ◽  
S. Iavicoli ◽  
E. Natali ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Bartelink ◽  
Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek ◽  
Pauline van den Berg ◽  
Ellen Gehner

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the corporate real estate (CRE) risks that might influence the added value of CRE to the shareholder value of an organization and to analyze if there are differences in perception of these risks according to job and company specifics of the respondents. Design/methodology/approach – A literature study was carried out to identify the CRE risks. In addition, a number of interviews were held with CRE specialists to complete the list of risks. An inventory of the risk perception was gathered by making use of a survey among 70 end-users, 16 CRE consultants and 2 CRE academics. Differences are analyzed making use of Kruskal–Wallis tests, Mann–Whitney U tests and t-tests. Findings – In total, 43 risks in six different categories were identified. It turned out that the risk perception differentiates the most per geographical location or industry segment. The size of the organization (number of employees) does not appear to influence the way in which the risks are perceived. Practical implications – This paper provides CRE managers and risk managers with a basis for a risk register that contributes to identification of possible CRE risks. Besides, it enables a comparison of their risk perception with industry peers. Originality/value – Earlier research concerning CRE risk management approached the subject from a specific point of view, but did not provide a CRE risk list using an integral perspective and covering multiple topics. Also, this paper provides insights in how CRE risk management is perceived in practice.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herry Hutabarat ◽  
Sarton Sinambela

<span lang="EN-ID"><em>This study aim is to test the effect of credit risk management (independent variable) on Return on Asset (ROA) and on Return on Equity (ROE) (dependent variables). Credit risk management is projected with capital adequacy ratio (CAR), non performing loan (NPL), operational cost to operating income, loss reserves, and interest margin (IM). The results showed that from five independent variables and two dependent variables, only 3 independent variables had significant effect on ROA or ROE, which are; Non-performing loan, operational cost to operating income and interest rate. Capital adequacy variable only has significant effect on ROE. The reserve loss variable only has a significant effect on ROA.</em></span>


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Snežana Živković ◽  
Miodrag Milenović ◽  
Tomislav Rakić

Nowadays, risk is considered to be a serious economic, public and political problem. Professional risk and work-related stress have the potential to negatively affect an individual psychological and physical health, as well as an organisational effectiveness. Psychosocial risks as a likelihood that work-related psychosocial hazards will have a negative impact on employees’ health and safety through their perceptions and experience have been identified as one of the major contemporary challenges for occupational safety and health. Psychosocial risk management is based on the principles of prevention and aims at risk elimination or reduction. Key words: psychosocial risk, management, preventive measures, risk assessment, stress


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Deitinger ◽  
E. Natali ◽  
C. Petyx ◽  
M. Ertel ◽  
S. Leka ◽  
...  

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402090209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanny López-Alegría ◽  
Juan Carlos Oyanedel ◽  
Gonzalo Rivera-López

The student Burnout Syndrome is a response to chronic and severe stress linked to the role of the students and their academic context. This study aims at determining the prevalence and severity of the student Burnout Syndrome on a sample of midwifery students and its associated factors. The study is observational, cross-sectional, and analytical, with a sample of 140 students of a Chilean university. The study variables were as follows: sociodemographic background, academic profile, student Burnout Syndrome scale, and behaviors in everyday psychosocial activities. The instrument for measuring the Burnout Syndrome was the Unidimensional Scale of Student Burnout. For the analysis, descriptive statistics were used, and the association of the independent over the dependent variables was assessed through linear regression. Of the third-year students, 77.2% had a moderate or deep burnout level, which increases to 91.8% in the fourth-year students. A significant and direct association was found between the syndrome and the career year. A significant association was also found between the Burnout Scale and the scale of psychosocial risk behavior. All the students present some degree of Burnout Syndrome, which is related to both their studies and psychosocial risks.


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