Is Work Good for Your Health and Well-Being?

By J. Hobson. 2007

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Working time reduction policy in a sustainable economy: criteria and options for its design. (2014, background): “Paid work can indeed provide us these, and can be an important source of sense of purpose and of contribution (and hence meaning) in societieswhere it is a common activity (Waddell and Burton, 2006).”
“To work, or not to work, that is the question” – Recent trends and avenues for research on presenteeism (2020, background): “Work is good for health and wellbeing (Waddell & Burton, 2006).”
Absence management and presenteeism : the pressures on employees to attend work and the impact of attendance on performance (2010, background): “Waddell and Burton (2006) have similarly argued that the ‘right’ kind of work can be good for a person, but what is less frequently described is what the ‘right’ kind of working environment entails and how factors in the work environment, including policies, culture and perceptions of absence…”