{
  "title": "Psychosocial risks: is saying thank you enough when decisions seem unfair?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/risques-psychosociaux-reconnaissance-et-equite-des-decisions-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-09-17",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Recognition is often presented as a lever for prevention. The literature suggests distinguishing expressions of appreciation from the rules governing rewards and decisions.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Psychosocial Risks",
  "place": {
    "name": "Sion",
    "region": "Valais",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Johannes Siegrist (1996, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology) presents the effort–reward imbalance model and examines evidence linking this imbalance to health."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Fairness in decision-making is another dimension",
      "point": "Marko Elovainio, Mika Kivimäki and Jussi Vahtera (2002, American Journal of Public Health) report associations between low organizational justice and adverse health indicators among Finnish hospital employees."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that explaining decisions more clearly or thanking people more often is sufficient."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot settle",
      "point": "The two articles provide different types of evidence: the first develops a model supported by empirical findings, while the second examines associations in a specific occupational setting."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Sion",
      "point": "As part of SHR’s « Risques psychosociaux » programme, a proposed exercise in Sion is to examine a single category of decisions: assigning on-call duties in hydropower, shifts in healthcare, harvesting tasks in viticulture or duty coverage in alpine tourism."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Siegrist",
      "year": "1996",
      "source": "Journal of Occupational Health Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Vahtera",
      "year": "2002",
      "source": "American Journal of Public Health"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 403,
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  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation-risques-psychosociaux-sion",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/sion",
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  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}