Books and reports
May 2020
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Publication
Organizing matters: Two logics of trade union representation
14 May 2020
This book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities in an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment.
May 2019
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Publication
Guide to developing balanced working time arrangements
28 May 2019
A practical guide or “how to” manual on working time arrangements - also known as “work schedules”.
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Report
Working conditions in a global perspective
06 May 2019
This report provides a comparative analysis of job quality covering approximately 1.2 billion of the world’s workers in the EU28, China, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, the United States (US), Spanish-speaking Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
January 2012
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Publication
Stress Prevention at Work Checkpoints. Practical improvements for stress prevention in the workplace
06 January 2012
Work-related stress is one of the most important issues in many countries. The negative impacts of stress are multiform and can include circulatory and gastrointestinal diseases as well as physical, psychosomatic and psycho-social problems. These in turn can lead to poor work performance, high accident and injury rates, and low productivity.
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Publication
Ergonomic Checkpoints in Agriculture
06 January 2012
Agriculture is one of the most hazardous sectors in both developing and developed countries. Increasing attention is being given to applying practical actions in rural and agricultural settings to reduce work-related accidents and diseases, improve living conditions and increase productivity...
June 2010
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Publication
Offshoring and working conditions in remote work
07 June 2010
Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs), combined with organizations seeking to reduce costs, have led to a dramatic growth in service sector offshoring and outsourcing, most notably to developing countries such as India. This is a co-publication with Palgrave MacMillan Publishing.
April 1998
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Publication
Work organization and ergonomics
06 April 1998
Discusses how to design work to fit business. Pays attention where carry out the production, and how the premises and facilities should be arranged to make the production effective and efficient.
January 1988
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Publication
Maximum weights in load lifting and carrying (OSH 59)
28 January 1988