Well-being and occupational health

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Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (2001), 74, 489–509
2001 The British Psychological Society

Printed in Great Britain

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Well-vital principle and occupational health in the
21st hundred workplace
Kate Sparks, Brian Faragher and Cary L. Cooper
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

Over the the ~ time 40 years, major changes have taken standing in the workplace. The
growth in the practice of information technology at work, the globalization of numerous
industries, organizational restructuring, changes in drudge contracts and worktime
scheduling have radically transformed the nature of work in ~ people organizations.
The workforce itself is besides diversifying, with an increase in pistil-bearing participation,
a growing number of dual-earner couples and older workers. The near
discusses the impact of these workplace transitions on employee well-being. We
focus in c~tinuance four issues that are current concerns beneficial to organizations and the
workforce; job danger, work hours, control at work, and managerial cast. For
each topic, recent research is presented, through suggestions for future research and
recommendations beneficial to practitioners working in the organizations of today. The
concludes with some nal considerations for researchers and practitioners
that may bene t one as well as the other employee well-being and organizational eV ectiveness.

Over the highest four decades of the 20th century, the nature of work has changed
dramatically in spite of some people. The 1960s and 1970s by-word the introduction of new
technology, particularly the use of computers, into the workplace. This was
followed in the 1980s by a huge shift towards globalization, with many organizations undergoing mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and privatizations. This
entrepreneurial era resulted in increased economic competitiveness in between nations markets for those countries that embraced it (Cooper & Jackson, 1997). In
the 1990s, a greater restructuring of work started to...

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