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What psychosocial means at work — An introduction for workplaces

Dr Mary Wyatt

Psychosocial risk is shaped in the ordinary moments of how work is designed and people are managed, with consequences for both preventing harm and supporting recovery.

The worker who kept turning up Think about the last restructure that was handled badly. The one people heard about through rumour before anyone official said a word. Think about a roster change that was dropped on a team without asking for their input. Or a good year’s work that drew no comment. A complaint about workload that went nowhere. A blow-up between two people left to sort itself out. Nobody called any of that ‘psychosocial...

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Published 29 September, 2026 | Updated 29 September, 2026