Identificación de los factores de Riesgo Laborales Psicosociales en Ecuador durante el año 2021

Abstract

Abstract: Psychosocial risks, their identification and early intervention represent a great challenge when it comes to guaranteeing job security, this research has focused specifically on the psychosocial risks that affect the workers of a private company in the city of Otavalo, the research has been carried out through a quantitative design, in which a sample of 20 workers of Ecuadorian nationality and 20 workers of foreign nationality was evaluated. To collect the information, the following instruments were applied: Ad Hoc Questionnaire, Maslach Chronic Occupational Stress Inventory [MBI-GS]; Maslach and Jackson (1986), Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (CoPsoQ-III), Psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS 21), UCLA Loneliness Scale, Resilience Scale 14 items (RS- 14). The results show that 65% of national and foreign workers consider the time and pace of work to be high. Insecurity about employment is high in 85% of nationals and 75% of foreigners. Regarding emotional demands, these were indicated as high by 85% of nationals and 65% of foreigners, they also considered high insecurity about working conditions by 55% in both groups, and finally the perception of loneliness it was high for 45.1% of national workers and 46.4% of foreigners. It can be concluded that the main risk factors of this company are the time and pace of work, insecurity about employment, insecurity about working conditions, emotional demands and the perception of loneliness.