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Carlos Gamero Burón, Eileen Alicia Castro Minaya
Debido a la globalización, la promoción de la salud mental se ha convertido en un reto para las organizaciones privadas y públicas. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar hasta qué punto el nivel de estrés soportado por los trabajadores está relacionado con la riqueza de los países en los que ejercen su actividad. Se han estimado modelos logit ordenados explicativos del nivel de estrés laboral declarado (nivel micro) introduciendo como variables explicativas distintos indicadores de riqueza nacional (nivel macro). Se han explorado los resultados al considerar indicadores alternativos de tal riqueza. Los datos proceden de la encuesta International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) en su módulo Work Orientations IV correspondiente al año 2015 y de bases de datos de organismos públicos. Una vez controladas las características individuales y de los empleos, los trabajadores residentes en países ricos declaran mayor nivel de estrés que aquellos que lo hacen en países pobres.
Due to globalization and the increase in speed at which the world operates, work environments are no more places of inspiration, satisfaction, and personal fulfillment but environments of worry and mental exhaustion due to poor recognition, lack of growth, negative environment, meaningless meetings, controlling bosses, uncomfortable workspaces, rigidity in the schedule, etc. Actually, the promotion of mental health has become a challenge for both private and public organizations. In this context, the objective of this article is to analyze to what extent employees’ stress levels are related to the wealth of the country in which they carry out their work.
On one hand, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides a detailed definition of stress experienced at work. It is identified as a group of emotional, psychological, cognitive, and behavioral reactions to professional demands that exceed the knowledge and skills of the worker to perform optimally. On the other hand, the International Labor Organization (ILO) indicates that work-related stress is currently recognized as a global problem that affects all countries, all professions, and all workers, both in developed and developing countries.
