Cover of Healthy work

Book 1990

Healthy work

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Published
1990
  • Mental health
  • Self-deception
  • Therapeutic use
  • Medicine and psychology
  • Work design
  • Work
  • Psychological aspects
  • Job stress

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.