Work Stress and Health in a Globalized Economy: The Model of Effort-Reward Imbalance

Work Stress and Health in a Globalized Economy: The Model of Effort-Reward Imbalance
ISBN-10
3319329375
ISBN-13
9783319329376
Category
Psychology
Pages
378
Language
English
Published
2016-07-06
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Johannes Siegrist, Morten Wahrendorf

Description

This book provides a comprehensive, updated summary of research evidence on the effects of stressful working and employment conditions on workers’ health, as based on one of the worldwide leading theoretical models, effort-reward imbalance. It offers three innovative features that are appealing for research as well as for policy. Firstly, it presents and discusses comparable research findings from different continents, in particular from Japan, China, and Latin America. Secondly, it extends the conceptual framework of research on this topic by analysing associations of work stress with health in a life course perspective, and by linking these associations to the macro-level of national labour and social policies. Thirdly, the book helps to strengthen programs and policies that aim at promoting healthy work locally, nationally, and internationally, by providing solid facts on which such programs can be based.

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