| Document ID (ISN) | 75389 |
| CIS number |
00-1194 |
| ISBN(s) |
88-87098-06-9 |
| Year |
1998 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Giannini A.M., Bonaiuto P. |
| Title |
Stress characteristics and conditions in people working with computers: Ideas for preventive action |
| Original title |
Caratteristiche e condizioni dello stress negli operatori al computer: Indicazioni per la prevenzione [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Istituto Italiano di Medicina Sociale, Via P.S. Mancini, 28, 00196 Roma, Italy, 1998. xi, 112p. Illus. Approx. 300 ref. |
| Abstract |
Major study of mental stress in people who work regularly with computers. Contents: definition of stress and its opposite states; criteria for the classification of different kinds of stress; study techniques; short-term stress and the so-called alarm phase; principal medium- and long-term effects of stress - resistance and burn-out phases; stress, comfort and computer and telecommunication technologies - work with computers; ideas for prevention (main areas for intervention: training, work equipment, working environment, job activities, factors outside the job, personality issues, forms of specific job training). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
computer terminals; mental stress; computers |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
report; office work; induction training; Italy |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Mental stress and burnout
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