Healthy work : stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working life

Healthy work : stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working life

xiii, 381 pages : 24 cm Evidence is accumulating that in many contemporary work environments people are literally working themselves to death. But what do we really know about job-related stress and illness? Based on a ten-year study of nearly five thousand workers, this path-breaking book by a distinguished industrial engineer and sociologist and a specialist in industrial medicine identifies a clear connection between work-related illness and workers' lack of participation in the design and outcome of their labors Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-372) and index
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