Work Related Stress - The Balance Sheet of Change
Work Related Stress - The Balance Sheet of Change
Author(s): Irina Simionescu (Barbu)Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Organizational Psychology, Economic development, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Fundatia Română pentru Inteligenta Afacerii
Keywords: Work; Stress; Knowledge society; Institutional crises;
Summary/Abstract: The last half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century represented the prologue of the development of the “knowledge society”, the transition from industrial economy to “high-tech economy”. All of us, at the level of families, firms, industries, national economies and the whole global system, live the most radical transformation in the history. There is a tendency to forget that, biologically, mankind has not changed much in the last 100 years, while environment and especially work environment has changed dramatically in the last decades. This change was mostly for the good. But some of these improvements were accompanied by unexpected side effects.
Journal: SEA – Practical Application of Science
- Issue Year: II/2014
- Issue No: 05
- Page Range: 575-584
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English