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Objective: The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) asks establishments about the way they manage occupational safety and health (OSH) in practice, with a particular focus on psychosocial risks, i.e. work-related stress, violence and harassment. Method: ESENER-2 was conducted in summer and early autumn 2014 in establishments with five or more employees from both private and public organisations across all sectors of economic activity except for private households (NACE T) and extraterritorial organisations (NACE U). In total, 49,320 establishments were surveyed across 36 European countries— the respondent being ‘the person who knows best about health and safety in the establishment’. By country, the samples ranged from about 450 in Malta to 4,250 in the United Kingdom. Data were collected through computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). Fieldwork was carried out by TNS Deutschland GmbH and its network of fieldwork centres across Europe. Samples were drawn according to a disproportional sample design which was later redressed by weighting. Questionnaire content: The questionnaire was developed by a team comprising experts in survey design and in OSH (particularly psychosocial risks), together with EU-OSHA staff and it explores in detail four areas of OSH: (1) the general approach in the establishment to managing OSH, (2) how the ‘emerging’ area of psychosocial risks is addressed, (3) the main drivers and barriers to the management of OSH and (4) how worker participation in OSH management is managed in practice. 1. Background information on the company: establishment is an independent company or organisation or one of several different establishments; headquarters or subsidiary site; number of people working at this establishment in total, and number of non-payroll workers and directly employed people (categories); employees with difficulties in understanding the language; proportion of employees aged 50 and over; employees...