[Preventing damage to workers' health: redesigning jobs through day-to-day negotiation].
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چکیده
This paper reflects on prevention of harm to workers' health by redesigning jobs. Assuming redesign as the process of negotiating organizational choices, the author discusses the characteristics of routine negotiation at the workplace, illustrated by daily negotiations in work process organization at a Brazilian food-processing factory. Finally, the author discusses both the range and limits of such negotiations in the prevention of harm to workers' health.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cadernos de saude publica
دوره 18 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002