Globalization, technology developments, and the world's
economy, among other factors, have changed our day-to-day dynamics
and have transformed the way we work. This means that employees
must deal with emotions and circumstances that in the past were not
significant but today are studied and classified by scientists as
"psychosocial risks."
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) define psychosocial risks as the interactions
within the work environment, content of the work, conditions of the
organization and capacities, needs and culture of the employee, and
personal considerations—external from work—based on
perceptions and experience that can negatively influence health,
performance at work, and labor satisfaction.
