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

Karasek, Robert A.

Healthy work : stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working life - USA : Basic Books, c1990 - xv, 380 p. - Book

Based on a study of nearly 5000 workers, this book concludes that people whose jobs combine high psychological demands and little control over their work face a greater risk of heart attack than professionals and executives who also have stressful jobs, but who do have control over what they do.

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Stress
Working conditions
Occupational and industrial psychology
Health and safety at work

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