Healthy work: stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working lifeEvidence is accumulating that in many contemporary work environments people are literally working themselves to death. Based on a ten-year study of nearly five thousand workers, this path-breaking book identifies a clear connection between work-related illness and workers' lack of participation in the design and outcome of their labors. |
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Contents
Health Productivity and Work Life | 1 |
The Psychosocial Work Environment | 31 |
Psychological | 83 |
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| Title | Healthy work: stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working life |
| Authors | Robert Karasek, Töres Theorell |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0465028969, 9780465028962 |
| Length | 381 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management Job stress Psychology / General Psychology / Mental Health Self-Help / Stress Management Stress (Psychology) Work Work design Work/ Psychological aspects |
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