Sustainable Employment: Occupational Environment Exposure and Its Effects on Workers' Health
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 December 2024 | Viewed by 4223
Special Issue Editor
Interests: work-related stress; noise exposure; risk assessment; mental well-being; risk factors in the workplace
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Dear Colleagues,
The working environment, which can be considered a crucial part of the sustainable living environment, exposes workers to health risk factors of various kinds (chemical, physical, biological, etc.) on a daily basis. Alterations to these risk factors can be potentially caused by the biological balance of the workers who are exposed to them, and by the transversal or organizational risk factors, which are a result of the company dynamics and the relationship between workers and the inconvenience that emerge due to the tasks they perform within a professional context. The role of the occupational physician fits into this context, with his main task being protecting the health of the workers through collaboration with the employer during risk and sustainability assessments, planning preventive measures and health surveillance.
In today’s context, where achieving sustainable development is deemed a global consensus, although the issues involving employees’ well-being have been highly discussed, limited research has been conducted at the intersections of organizational sustainability, employee well-being and occupational environment exposure. Additionally, many work activities have undergone transformations, which have led to different ways of implementing tasks, modifying the exposure to risk factors and determining the possible presence of new ones.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish new research on the risk factors present in the workplace, with particular attention to any changes in existing risk factors, and to new risk factors linked to the development of new working methods, with a focus on the activity of all the participants of the workplace for enhanced risk prevention and sustainable management.
We welcome both original research articles and reviews. Potential topics may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Occupational environment exposure;
- Risk factors;
- Health of workers;
- Sustainable employees well-being.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Simone De Sio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- occupational environment exposure
- risk factors
- health of workers
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