Psychosocial Perspectives on Workplace Well-Being: Individual, Social, Relational, and Organizational Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Workplace health and well-being have become major public health and healthcare priorities in response to profound changes in work organization, increasing psychosocial demands, technological transformation, and evolving employment conditions. Beyond the absence of mental illness, workplace well-being encompasses positive mental health, psychological functioning, resilience, quality of working life, and the ability to maintain healthy and sustainable participation in work. A growing body of evidence indicates that employees' health and well-being are shaped by the complex interplay of individual characteristics, psychosocial working conditions, interpersonal relationships, organizational factors, and broader social determinants of health.

Drawing on perspectives from occupational health, public health, health psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology, this Special Issue aims to advance current knowledge on the psychosocial factors that influence employees' mental health, well-being, and occupational functioning across diverse work settings. Particular emphasis will be placed on identifying the risk and protective factors, psychosocial mechanisms, and evidence-based interventions that promote psychological well-being, prevent work-related mental health problems, and support healthy, inclusive, and sustainable workplaces. Contributions addressing organizational characteristics are welcome when these factors are explicitly examined in relation to employees' health, mental health, well-being, or occupational health outcomes, in line with the scope of Healthcare.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Employee mental health, psychological well-being, and quality of working life;
• Occupational stress, burnout, moral distress, compassion fatigue, and psychological resilience;
• Psychosocial risk and protective factors in the workplace;
• Emotion regulation, compassion, self-compassion, and other psychological processes associated with occupational health;
• Workplace social support, interpersonal relationships, belongingness, inclusion, and their implications for health and well-being;
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, discrimination, minority stress, and occupational health disparities;
• Work–life balance and work–family conflict, as well as their impact on physical and mental health;
• Remote work, hybrid work, digital work environments, technostress, and employee well-being;
• Leadership, organizational climate, work motivation, and workplace policies as determinants of employee health and well-being;
• Occupational health interventions, preventive strategies, and programs promoting employee mental health and psychological well-being.

Both original research articles and comprehensive review papers are welcome. We particularly encourage interdisciplinary contributions employing quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, longitudinal, and intervention designs that advance the current knowledge of occupational health and employee well-being while informing healthcare practice, workplace health promotion, and public health policies.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Cristian Di Gesto
Dr. Giulia Rosa Policardo
Guest Editors

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