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Healthy Work

Robert A. Karasek

1990301 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1990
first published
  • 1990Basic Books · 301 pages · ENGISBN 9780465028962
  • 1992Basic Books · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9780465028979

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.

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