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

By:

Karasek, Robert A

Contributor(s):

Theorell, Tores

Publication details: USA : Basic Books, c1990Description: xv, 380 pISBN:

0465028977

Subject(s):

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

NLM classification:

WM 170.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	UHL Library (Lewisham and Greenwich) Shelves	WM 170 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		L01748

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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