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Book SynopsisDedicated 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.
Table of ContentsIntroduction—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
