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As part of the political agreement “A strategy for the work environment initiative 2020”, the Council for Work Environment (Arbejdsmiljørådet) decided in 2012 to focus on two themes, one of which was “Psychosocial Work Environment in connection to organisational change”. A working group consisting of representatives from the employee and employer organisations, the Danish Labour Inspectorate and the National Research Centre for the Working Environment developed a set of guidelines taking inspiration from the main results of the PSYRES project: That communication, participation and support are important to ensure and maintain employee health and well-being during change.

More information can be found at:

http://forandringoginklusion.amr.dk/baggrund.aspx

Psychological health and well-being in restructuring:
Key effects and mechanisms (PSYRES)

We are happy to announce that the Final Conference of the PSYRES project took place in Brussels on November 15th, 2011.

During the PSYRES conference results of the project were presented. Furtheremore, the issues focused on what had been achieved so far and what should be done in this area in the future were discussed.

The kick off meeting: March 9^th 2010, Amsterdam

Working group meeting: September 14-15^th 2010, Helsinki

Working group meeting: November 4-5^th 2010, Copenhagen

Working group meeting: 31.01.-01.02.2011, Warsaw

PSYRES group's proposal "Health and Well-being in restructuring: quantitative results" has been accepted as a symposium presentation at "Work, Stress and Health 2011: Work and Well-Being in an Economic Context" conference - May 19-22, 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA

Content of the Symposium
Introduction
Effects of new organizational ownership on employees’ job insecurity and psychological health and well-being Karina Nielsen, Ph.D., Jorgen Vinslov Hansen, Ph.D., National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark	Presentation Abstract
Effects of organizational merger on employees' psychological health and well-being Mattila-Holappa P¹, Väänänen A^1,2, Koskinen A¹, Pahkin K¹, Leppänen A¹ ¹ Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland ² University of Tampere, Finland	Presentation Abstract
The impact of restructuring on survivors’ wellbeing: mediating and moderating factors Tanja de Jong, M Sc, Noortje Wiezer, Ph.D., Maartje Bakhuys Roozeboom, M Sc, Catelijne Joling, Ph.D., TNO, the Netherlands	Presentation Abstract
Restructuring, its appraisal and employees well-being: piloting the new restructuring questionnaire Maria Widerszal-Bazyl¹, Ph.D., Zofia Mockałło¹, M Sc and the PSYRES group ¹Central Institute for Labour Protection-National Research Institute, Poland	Presentation Abstract