Average rating: | Rated 3.5 of 5. |
Level of importance: | Rated 4 of 5. |
Level of validity: | Rated 4 of 5. |
Level of completeness: | Rated 3 of 5. |
Level of comprehensibility: | Rated 2 of 5. |
Competing interests: | None |
The authors have presented a theoretical-generic model of formative risk assessment for psychosocial risks in the work environment. The work is based on a long-running field project. This is an appreciable attempt.
What is important as per my assessment is that they have highlighted the importance of community-based modelling, visual boundary objects, policy design, and continuous problem updating to process interactions between structural workloads and work-related stress. Such efforts are necessary for the progress of the field.
I would also have loved to see a discussion on the disparities between geographies/economies in the practical aspect of implementing risk assessment protocols.
I presume that this manuscript was translated from another language to English, and hence there appear to be some issues with language, puncuation etc. For instance, there is repeated references to 'Chapters' within the manuscript, which is somewhat unusual for article length pieces such as this one.
The language within Figure 1 and Figure 2 is also not English. Such shortcomings create an issue with comprehension.