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Dedicated to the late Bertil Gardell, a Swedish Social Scientist, this text comprises of 18 essays that shares a common vision - the impact of work on the interconnected processes of stress and disease.

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Author:   Jeffrey Johnson ,  Bertil Gardell ,  Gunn Johannson ,  Gunn Johannson
Publisher:   Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Imprint:   Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780895030788

ISBN 10:   0895030780
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 June 1991
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction—Work Organization, Occupational Health, and Social Change: The Legacy of Bertil Gardell Jeffrey V. Johnson and Gunn Johansson PART 1: Psychosocial Work Environment and Health Social Epidemiology and the Work Environment S. Leonard Syme Social Class and Cardiovascular Diseases: The Contribution of Work Michael Marmot and Tores Theorell A Biopsychosocial Approach to Work Life Issues Marianne Frankenhaeuser Job Demands and Stress Reactions in Repetitive and Uneventful Monotony at Work Gunn Johansson Learned Helplessness at Work Lennart Lennerlöf Gender, Work Control, and Stress: A Theoretical Discussion and an Empirical Test Ellen M. Hall PART 2: Multilevel Perspectives on Work Organization Dimensions of Control as Related to Work Organization, Stress, and Health Gunnar Aronsson Collective Control: Strategies for Survival in the Workplace Jeffrey V. Johnson Organizational Change and Health at Work Gunnela Westlander Origins of Authority: The Organization of Medical Care in Sweden Rolf & A A;. Gustafsson The Political Implications of Psychosocial Work Redesign: A Model of the Psychosocial Class Structure Robert Karasek PART 3: Workplace Democratization: Action Research Worker Participation and Autonomy: A Multilevel Approach to Democracy at the Workplace Bertil Gardell Democratizing Occupational Health: The Scandinavian Experience of Work Reform Björn Gustavsen A Democratic Strategy for Organizational Change Lennart Svensson Action Research on Occupational Stress: Involving Workers as Researchers Barbara A. Israel, Susan J. Schurman, and James S. House PART 4: Diffusion of the Psychosocial Work Environment Model Workplace Democracy and Worker Health: Strategies for Implementation in the United States Steven Deutsch Occupational Health, Stress, and Work Organization in Australia Leigh Deves and Robert Spillane The Implications of Work Organization for Occupational Health Policy: The Case of Canada Robert Sass Appendix—Bibliography of International Publications by Bertil Gardell Contributors Index

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