Research theme
Psychosocial risks at work and intersectionality
This research theme focuses on how psychosocial risks at work are conceptualized, measured and distributed across different groups of workers.
Keywords: psychosocial risks · psychosocial risk at work · occupational health · intersectionality · COPSOQ · occupational stress · mental health at work · Portugal
From exposure to allocation
Psychosocial risks at work include organizational, relational and contextual conditions that may harm mental health. Iara Teixeira’s work approaches these risks not only as exposures, but as patterns shaped by power, inequality and institutional arrangements.
This perspective is useful for research using psychosocial assessment instruments, qualitative interviews and intersectional quantitative models.
Measurement and interpretation
The work connects conceptual reviews of psychosocial risk, occupational stress, organizational support, COPSOQ-related research and empirical studies with groups whose labor experiences are often underrepresented.
Related research directions
Psychosocial risk assessment
Conceptual and empirical work on psychosocial risk at work and occupational stress.
COPSOQ and occupational health
Connection with psychosocial assessment and validation research in Portugal.
Intersectional analysis
A framework for analyzing how work-related risks cluster across social positions.