Riesgos psicosociales, género y sector socioeconómico en 15 empresas de Cundinamarca

Abstract

At present the psychosocial risks have become important in the work environment, due that the intra labor, extra labor and stress factors are considered and how they affect the worker’s health. However, it is evident a lack of research on the relationship between the aforementioned risk factors, the gender and the socioeconomic sector. In this sense, the aim of this research is to compare the assessment of psychosocial risk factors and the gender in a sample of 886 workers of 15 secondary and tertiary sector companies in Cundinamarca. In this way, it is started from a quasi- experimental design, since the answers of the questionnaires are not altered, being a descriptive correlational study. Likewise, the results obtained from the Instrument Guide for the Assessment of the Psychosocial Risk Factors were used (Ministry of Social Protection, 2010). Consequently, as a general view, a total of nine relationships were established among the variables, where it was found a relationship between the gender and the stress; the economic sector and the risk levels of intra labor, extra labor and stress; and lastly, between the type of employee and the extra labor risk levels. While the variables, gender and level of intra-work and non-work risk do not present a relationship, likewise the variable type of employee with the level of intra-occupational risk and stress. Finally, it concludes with the recommendation to establish the present relations in all socioeconomic sectors, considering personal aspects of the worker when evaluating psychosocial risks in organizations, implementing in turn the use of qualitative assessment methods to establish associations with subjective aspects of psychosocial risks. Key words: occupational psychosocial risk, job stress, gender, socioeconomic sector.