Flexible work practices and occupational safety and health: exploring the relationship between cumulative trauma disorders and workplace transformation
"This paper matches establishment-level data on workplace transformation (e.g., quality circles, work teams, and just-in-time production) with measures of cumulative trauma disorders at these same establishments to explore the relationship between “flexible” workplace practices and workplace he...
| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst
2002
University of Massachusetts |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19293566124910117489-Flexible-work-practices-and-oc.htm |
| Summary: | "This paper matches establishment-level data on workplace transformation (e.g., quality circles, work teams, and just-in-time production) with measures of cumulative trauma disorders at these same establishments to explore the relationship between “flexible” workplace practices and workplace health and safety. The results reveal a positive, statistically significant, and quantitatively sizeable relationship between cumulative trauma disorders and the use of quality circles and just-in-time production." |
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| Physical Description: | 35 p. Digital |