1st Edition
Healthy and Productive Work An International Perspective
208 Pages
by
CRC Press
208 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The Enterprise Culture of the 1980s helped transform economies of Western Europe, but left behind a legacy of stress, both for managers and shop floor workers. The cost to business is seen in absenteeism, reduced productivity, compensation claims, health insurance and direct medical costs, which in the US cost approximately $150 billion a year. Stress related absences are about ten time more... Read more
1. A Model of Health Work Organizations 2. Changing the Health Culture in Retailing - Marks & Spencer 3. Individual and Organizational Activities to Build Better Health - Home Depot Inc. 4. Building World Class Performance in Changing Times - Threat and Opportunity in the US Air Force 5. A Dual-Phase Stress Control Intervention to Improve Organizational Health - Corning Incorporated 6. Excellence in the Health Care Industry: A Case Study of One Hospital System's Efforts 7. Managing Risks and Developing Human Assets to Improve Health, Stress Resiliency, Work/Family Life and Performance at Elkay Manufacturing 8. Stress Management in a Pharmaceutical Company - Zeneca 9. Improving Communications and Health in a Government Department - HM Customs and Excise 10. Developing a Healthy Corporate Structure
Biography
Lawrence R. Murphy and Cary Cooper
