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- Title
Salud mental en el trabajo: entre el sufrimiento en el trabajo y la organización saludable.
- Authors
Gómez Vélez, María Alejandra; Calderón Carrascal, Paola Andrea
- Abstract
The article subject is the status of mental health of the Colombian worker and it is the outcome of a review of papers focusing on the building of organizations that encourage the occupational health and employee's wellness. The purpose of this review is to contribute to the research "Professional practices in higher education of some social sciences: preparation and conditions to access the working life in the twenty-first century." As a result of the review, it was found that Colombia has legislation that seeks to improve and create conditions of self-care, prevention, health promotion and assistance to employees who suffered occupational accidents and diseases; ensuring a better working conditions and interdisciplinary attention. However, in order to achieve this, it has been necessary to change the types of relationship in the workplace and increase the value of the interdependence that occurs in working groups. It also requires greater awareness and pedagogy. In addition, it was found that, on top of the legislation that is generated in world forums, of which Colombia is part, two epistemological proposals are presented based on the psychosocial needs at work, explaining the urgency to understand and act towards what happens in organizations: One of them is a psychodynamic perspective, which investigates the suffering that is generated at work, aiming to make it visible and to denaturalize the daily practices that make people just objects and keep them off personal realization. The other one is the proposal of a healthy organization, supported by positive psychology and it is called Occupational Psychology or Positive Organization (PoP). It considers employee health as a legitimate purpose that must be included in all organizational policies, for the benefit of both, the employees and the organization.
- Publication
Revista Katharsis, 2017, Issue 23, p177
- ISSN
0124-7816
- Publication type
Article