Welzijnsrisico's bij KMA-personeel (Psychosocial Risks at Work, Measured withPersonnel from the Royal Military Academy)

摘要

All Dutch employers are obliged to carry out an inventarisation of psychosocialrisks in the work environment, by quality of work legislation. In the Dutch Army, the Checklist Man Organization (TOMO), developed by the TNO Human Factors Research Institute, is used for this inventarisation. After a first evaluation in 1995, the TOMO inventory was slightly adjusted, and two response categories were added. This renewed inventory was evaluated again, with personnel of the Royal Military Academy. Ten function groups were involved in the study, all represented by approximately ten employees. Respondents filled in the TOMO, as well as a short questionnaire on rank, experience, and contract. In this report, only the psychosocial risks that were found in the different function groups are described. Technical aspects of the inventory (reliability and validity) are reported elsewhere. In general, most psychosocial risks occur in the area of Task Demands (chapter 1 of TOMO) en Skill Discretion (chapter 4 of TOMO). It is striking that employees with a civil contract report more risks than the military personnel, and that sergeants report more risks than officers. It also seems to matter how long people have been working in their job: freshmen, or very experienced employees report more risks than those who have been carrying out their jobs for a 'mediocre' period of time. All this causes some interpretation problems. Risks do not automatically have to do with functions, but one should bear in mind rank, contract, and experience. In the appendix, the total TOMO inventory is included, as well as summaries of the 'risks' per function group.