‘Management Standards’ and work-related stress in the UK: policy background and science

By Colin J. MacKay *, R. Cousins, P. Kelly, Steve Lee, R. McCaig. 2004

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National surveillance of psychosocial risk factors in the workplace: An international overview (2007, background): “A key principle is that collective protective measures to reduce psychosocial risks must be given priority relative to individual measures, and targets should be closest to the cause of the risk (Mackay et al., 2004).”
The future of organizational interventions: Addressing the challenges of today's organizations (2010, methodology): “To our knowledge, only the Management Standards developed by the UK Health and Safety Executive include change in their assessment tool (Cousins et al, 2004 ; Mackay, Cousins, Kelly, Lee, & McCaig, 2004 ).”
Psychometric analysis of the UK Health and Safety Executive's Management Standards work-related stress Indicator Tool (2008, methodology): “The first draft of the Indicator Tool was based on Karasek’s (1979) demand, control and support model which had been adapted by Marmot et al. (1991) for the Whitehall II studies of stress and health outcomes.”
Autopsy of a failure, evaluating process and contextual issues in an organizational-level work stress intervention (2010, background): “There is a consensus among researchers that intervention programs should be based on a sound risk assessment, so that groups at high risks are identified, and appropriate measures are taken (Cooper & Cartwright, 1997; Cox et al., 2000; Giga et al., 2003; Jordan et al., 2003; MacKay et al., 2004).”
Lay representations of workplace stress: What do people really mean when they say they are stressed? (2005, background): “It is now generally acknowledged that stress is the product of an imbalance between appraisals of environmental demands and individual resources (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984 ; MacKay, Cousins, Kelly, Lee & Caig, 2004 ) and that stressors (i.”
‘Management Standards’ work-related stress in the UK: practical development (2004, methodology): “HSE’s aim is that they and the associated methodology will enable organizations to effectively tackle work-related stress, and subsequently reduce both its incidence and prevalence.”
Evaluating organizational-level work stress interventions: Beyond traditional methods (2007, methodology): “The focus of the HSE's approach in the UK is on the design and management of work, on prevention and on organizational-level interventions (Cox, Griffiths, Barlow, Randall, Thomson, & Rial-Gonzalez, 2000 ; Mackay, Cousins, Kelly, Lee, & McCaig, 2004 ): the organization is seen as the “generator” o”
The Well‐being of the UK Academy, 1998–2004 (2006, background): “Following extensive consultation with occupational psychologists and industry, the HSE have selected specific job stressors that are considered relevant to the majority of UK employees (McKay et al , 2004 ).”