Overview
- Is the only available updated summary of 20 years of research
- Presents comparative cross-country research using identical methods
- Is an important reference for researchers, occupational health professionals, and policy makers
Part of the book series: Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being (AHSW)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Effort-Reward Imbalance: Theory, Measurement and Research Perspectives
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Work Stress and Health: Reviewing the Research Evidence
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The Context of Economic Globalization
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Extensions Beyond Paid Work
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Interventions and Policy Implications
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Morten Wahrendorf is a senior researcher at the Centre for Health and Society, University of Duesseldorf, Germanywith substantial expertise in sociology, research methodology and statistics. He has previously worked at the International Centre For Lifecourse Studies In Society and Health (ICLS) at University College London. His main research interest are health inequalities in ageing populations and underlying pathways, with a particular focus on psychosocial working conditions, patterns of participation in paid employment and social activities in later life, and lifecourse influences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Work Stress and Health in a Globalized Economy
Book Subtitle: The Model of Effort-Reward Imbalance
Editors: Johannes Siegrist, Morten Wahrendorf
Series Title: Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32937-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32935-2Published: 19 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81404-9Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32937-6Published: 06 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2213-0497
Series E-ISSN: 2213-0470
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 378
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations
Topics: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Health Psychology, Health Economics, Quality of Life Research