From psychosocial risk management to the clinic of occupability

a theoretical-conceptual proposition grounded in NR-1

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https://doi.org/10.12662/2359-618xregea.v15i1.6551.pe6551.2026

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occupability, NR-1, psychosocial risks, organizational development, work clinics, mental health at work

Abstract

This theoretical-conceptual essay, propositional in nature, connects psychosocial risk management to organizational development through the clinic of occupability. The purpose is to construct and delimit a theoretical model that has not yet undergone empirical validation, treating NR-1 as a regulatory context rather than a basis for legal interpretation. The construction integrates contributions from the psychodynamics of work, the clinic of activity, ergology, the psychosociology of work, and organization development. Its originality lies neither in claiming wholly new elementary concepts nor in offering a ready-to-use methodology, but in a meso-organizational matrix that distinguishes the operational executability of work from its symbolic habitability. The model articulates three analytical layers - normative compliance, symbolic-organizational analysis, and organization development - and five mediations: recognition, authorship, temporality, communities of judgment, and ethical orientation. The layers are not mandatory stages, and the mediations are conceptual hypotheses open to revision. Five prospective propositions and a staged research agenda specify how future studies can examine the model's relevance, interpretive capacity, operationalization, and possible effects.

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Anderson de Souza Sant’Anna, Fundação Getulio Vargas, FGV EAESP

Professor at FGV-EAESP. Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMUSP). Postdoctoral fellow in Psychoanalytic Theory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). PhD in Administration from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Holds undergraduate degrees in Administration and Philosophy.

Francisco Lotufo Neto, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo

Professor at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine (FMUSP). PhD in Psychiatry and Habilitation (Livre-Docência) from the University of São Paulo (USP). Holds undergraduate degrees in Medicine and Psychology.

Published

2026-11-06

How to Cite

SANT’ANNA, Anderson de Souza; LOTUFO NETO, Francisco. From psychosocial risk management to the clinic of occupability: a theoretical-conceptual proposition grounded in NR-1. Journal Of Management Analysis, Fortaleza, v. 15, n. 1, p. e6551, 2026. DOI: 10.12662/2359-618xregea.v15i1.6551.pe6551.2026. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/gestao/article/view/6551. Acesso em: 14 nov. 2026.

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