Work Health and Safety Inspectors are at the forefront of efforts to protect workers from harm from psychosocial hazards, yet the application of regulatory theory to their practice has been limited. Drawing on models of responsive regulation and strategic enforcement, we analyze extensive (N = 46,348) complaint and incident notification data from an Australian Work Health and Safety Inspectorate, to compare Inspectors' responses to psychosocial versus non-psychosocial hazards. We found psychosocial hazards were less likely to be actioned than non-psychosocial hazards. When they were actioned, psychosocial hazards saw more Inspector activity, but fewer enforcement notices than non-psychosocial hazards. These findings are inconsistent with the version of responsive regulation espoused by the regulator. Our theoretical conclusion is that Weil's strategic enforcement approach is likely to offer greater possibilities for guiding future resource allocation.

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检查员对社会心理和身体危害投诉的反应的比较分析

工作健康和安全检查员处于保护工人免受社会心理危害的努力的最前沿，但监管理论在他们的实践中的应用受到限制。借鉴响应式监管和战略执法的模型，我们分析了广泛的（N= 46,348) 来自澳大利亚工作健康与安全监察局的投诉和事件通知数据，用于比较监察员对社会心理危害和非心理社会危害的反应。我们发现，与非心理社会危害相比，心理社会危害不太可能被采取行动。当他们采取行动时，心理社会危害比非心理社会危害看到更多的检查员活动，但执法通知更少。这些发现与监管机构支持的响应式监管版本不一致。我们的理论结论是，Weil 的战略执法方式很可能为指导未来的资源配置提供更大的可能性。