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Work Stress: Studies of the Context, Content and Outcomes of Stress – A Book of Readings

Work Stress: Studies of the Context, Content and Outcomes of Stress – A Book of Readings Ergonomics Vol. 51, No. 10, October 2008, 1620–1624 BOOK REVIEWS edited by Chris L. Petersen, Baywood Publishing Co, Inc, Amityville, New York, USA, 2003, ppvii þ 285, $58.00 (hardback) ISBN 0-89503-280-5 Almost everyone suffers from work stress so this book should interest many people. But ergonomists have a special and necessary interest in the topic, so it is a bit disappointing that little attention is paid to the discipline: pages 115–119 hardly do it justice, although they are in an excellent chapter by an ergonomist. That is possibly because the editor is a health sociologist. The book does have a strong sociology flavour (nothing wrong with that). The readings are grouped under four sections: International Perspectives; Work Demand; Case Studies; and Older Workers and Outside Work. The International Perspectives section has four papers from Australia, the UK and the USA. Three refer to a paper about Singapore and there are passing references to Finland, Germany, Japan and Sweden. Otherwise, the book is confined to subjects from three countries (UK, US and Australia). Chapters 3 and 5 rely mainly on secondary sources to examine work stress in UK private and public sectors. Both describe the considerable variation between different groups, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ergonomics Taylor & Francis

Work Stress: Studies of the Context, Content and Outcomes of Stress – A Book of Readings

Ergonomics , Volume 51 (10): 2 – Oct 1, 2008
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Ergonomics Vol. 51, No. 10, October 2008, 1620–1624 BOOK REVIEWS edited by Chris L. Petersen, Baywood Publishing Co, Inc, Amityville, New York, USA, 2003, ppvii þ 285, $58.00 (hardback) ISBN 0-89503-280-5 Almost everyone suffers from work stress so this book should interest many people. But ergonomists have a special and necessary interest in the topic, so it is a bit disappointing that little attention is paid to the discipline: pages 115–119 hardly do it justice, although they are in an excellent chapter by an ergonomist. That is possibly because the editor is a health sociologist. The book does have a strong sociology flavour (nothing wrong with that). The readings are grouped under four sections: International Perspectives; Work Demand; Case Studies; and Older Workers and Outside Work. The International Perspectives section has four papers from Australia, the UK and the USA. Three refer to a paper about Singapore and there are passing references to Finland, Germany, Japan and Sweden. Otherwise, the book is confined to subjects from three countries (UK, US and Australia). Chapters 3 and 5 rely mainly on secondary sources to examine work stress in UK private and public sectors. Both describe the considerable variation between different groups,

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