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A glossary for the social epidemiology of work organisation: Part 1, Terms from social psychology

C Muntaner¹, J Benach², W C Hadden³, D Gimeno⁴, F G Benavides²

¹ Social Equity and Health Section, Center for Association and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
² Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
³ US Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
⁴ International Institute for Society and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
C Muntaner
CAMH, Social Equity and Health Section, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 158, Canada; carles_muntaner@camh.net

Accepted 2 January 2005

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Work is the means by which most human beings provide for their daily sustenance. Although many theorists suggest that work occupies a central place in human life, more recently some have questioned the centrality of work, arguing that we are now in a postindustrial, consumer-oriented society where consumption has replaced work as a source of health and disease in our societies.^1,2

Nevertheless, even in wealthy countries most adults still spend most of their waking hours engaged in work. People work in or out of their homes, with or without labour contracts, and in safe or hazardous working conditions. These and other features of work organisation have a great effect on workers’ health.³ Furthermore, work exists in a historical context, deeply influenced by several institutions and social relationships.

Concepts used in the epidemiology of work organisation have been drawn from diverse disciplines, as researchers have pragmatically adapted concepts from adjacent disciplines . . . [Full text of this article]

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