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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction: History of Work and Health | |
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| General background and aim | |
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| Work and health from an evolutionary perspective | |
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| About this book | |
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| The New Workplace in a Rapidly Changing World | |
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| Global economy and global competition | |
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| Flexible organisations - flexible workers | |
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| Health consequences of 'sickness presenteeism' | |
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| Rationalisation | |
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| Sources of stress at work | |
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| The New World of Work | |
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| Lean manufacturing and just-in-time production | |
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| Frequent restructuring | |
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| Lifelong learning, work and family-life balance | |
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| Long working hours and overtime | |
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| The role of modern communication technology and telecommuting: work without boundaries, or endless work | |
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| Diffuse distinction between work and other parts of life | |
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| The challenge for health and well-being in organisations in the future | |
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| A flexible workforce | |
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| Work as a Source of Stimulation and Health or a Cause of Distress and Illness | |
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| Work-related stress models | |
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| Justice | |
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| Positive and negative work | |
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| Job satisfaction | |
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| Workaholism | |
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| Type A behaviour | |
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| Job strain and heart disorder | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Responses to Stress | |
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| Mind-body interaction | |
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| The neuroendocrine stress systems | |
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| The cardiovascular system | |
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| Coping with stress | |
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| Acute stress | |
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| Chronic stress | |
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| Short-term versus long-term stress | |
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| Importance of sleep | |
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| Allostatic load | |
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| Catabolic and anabolic processes | |
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| Stress-related Health Problems | |
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| Chronic fatigue, depression, burnout | |
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| Cardiovascular disorders | |
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| Immune function | |
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| Cognitive function | |
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| Obesity, diabetes - the metabolic syndrome | |
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| Musculoskeletal disorders | |
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| Ulcers | |
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| HIV, AIDS and cancer | |
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| When should I be worried? | |
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| How can any treatment be efficient? | |
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| Stress Hormones at Work | |
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| Socioeconomic Status and Health | |
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| Health Promotion | |
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| Health intervention, stress reduction | |
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| Managing stress in a changing workforce | |
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| Individual interventions | |
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| Healthy work | |
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| Mental capital and well-being | |
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| Interventions and policies | |
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| Physically risky jobs | |
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| Positive psychology | |
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| Restorative environments and recreation | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Physical activity | |
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| Gender Differences | |
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| Symptoms, health and life expectancy | |
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| Work tasks | |
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| Unpaid work and total workload | |
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| Children, women and stress | |
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| Preventive Strategies | |
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| Occupational hazards | |
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| Health promotion | |
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| Occupational conditions in Europe | |
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| Healthy work | |
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| SES and health | |
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| Work-life balance | |
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| What can we do to reduce stress? | |
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| Comments on preventive strategies | |
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| The Future Workplace from a Stress-Health Perspective | |
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| A changing world | |
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| Work and health | |
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| Stress, well-being and productivity | |
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| Demographic changes in Europe and Japan | |
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| Global issues | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |