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Document ID (ISN)106906
CIS number 07-989
ISSN - Serial title 1762-3561 - Réalité Prévention
Year 2004
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Mongalvy M.
Title Occupational stress: An imaginary disease or a real symptom
Original title Stress au travail: fausse maladie ou vrai symptôme [in French]
Bibliographic information Dec. 2004, No.6, p.1-8 (whole issue). Illus.
Internet access http://www.inrs.fr/inrs-pub/inrs01.nsf/IntranetObject-accesParReference/Page%20Editoriale%20Presse%20Realite%20Prevention/$File/print.html [in French]
Abstract Newsletter of the French National Occupational Safety and Health Institute (INRS) exploring the issue of occupational stress. Topics addressed: trends in work organization and working conditions and their impact on stress; definition of stress and mechanisms of occupational stress; results of a study showing that occupational stress needs to be taken into account as a risk factor by management; occupational stress factors and possible interventions at the enterprise level; European framework agreement on occupational stress signed by European Union employer and worker representatives; methods for evaluating the cost of occupational stress.
Descriptors (primary) work organization; stress factors; conditions of work; France
Descriptors (secondary) human relations; European Union; mental workload; role of management; stress evaluation; role of workers' organizations; economic aspects
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceBelgium; France
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Mental stress and burnout