Author
Bindng
Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures (Critical Approaches in the Health Social Sciences Series)
Sold by Ergodebooks, an authorized reseller.
Returns accepted within 30 days | support@ergodebooks.com
Shipping Information
- Free Standard Shipping — United States only
- Processing Time: 1–3 business days
- Estimated Delivery: 3–5 business days after dispatch
- Double-boxed, fully insured & discreetly packaged
- Tracking number sent via email once dispatched
- Orders over $250 require signature upon delivery. Taxes calculated at checkout.
Returns & Refund
Returns accepted within 30 days of delivery.
Damaged or Defective Item
Free return shipping + replacement or full refund
Wrong Item Received
Free return shipping + replacement or full refund
Change of Mind
Return shipping at customer's expense · 25% restocking fee applies
Payment Option
Work, so fundamental to wellbeing, has its darker and more costly side. Work can adversely affect our health, well beyond the usual counts of injuries that we think of as occupational health. The ways in which work is organized its pace and intensity, degree of control over the work process, sense of justice, and employment security, among other things can be as toxic to the health of workers as the chemicals in the air. These work characteristics can be detrimental not only to mental wellbeing but to physical health. Scientists refer to these features of work as hazards of the psychosocial work environment. One key pathway from the work environment to illness is through the mechanism of stress; thus we speak of stressors in the work environment, or work stress. This is in contrast to the popular psychological understandings of stress, which locate many of the problems with the individual rather than the environment. In this book we advance a social environmental understanding of the workplace and health. The book addresses this topic in three parts: the important changes taking place in the world of work in the context of the global economy (Part I); scientific findings on the effects of particular forms of work organization and work stressors on employees health, unhealthy work as a major public health problem, and estimates of costs to employers and society (Part II); and, case studies and various approaches to improve working conditions, prevent disease, and improve health (Part III).
⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):
This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.