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Document ID (ISN)101539
CIS number 03-583
Year 2002
Convention or series no. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2002-116
Title The changing organization of work and the safety and health of working people - Knowledge gaps and research directions
Bibliographic information Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998, USA, Apr. 2002. xi, 30p. Illus. 78 ref.
Internet access http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/02-116.pdf [in English]
Abstract Following a short description of changes in organizational practices and of the link between organization of work and workers' safety and health, this document presents four areas of research of the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) adopted by the NIOSH: data collection on changes in organization of work; research on the effects of the new organizational practices on occupational safety and health; intervention research targeting organizational practices to improve worker safety and health; promote organization of work as a field of study within occupational safety and health.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety and health; USA; research; conditions of work; work organization
Descriptors (secondary) telecommuting; race-linked differences; older workers; report; new technologies; temporary employment; hours of work; stress factors; women; home work
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Generalities
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Telework
Older workers