Generalized unsafety theory of stress: Unsafe environments and conditions, and the default stress response

JF Brosschot, B Verkuil, JF Thayer - International journal of environmental …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Prolonged physiological stress responses form an important risk factor for disease.
According to neurobiological and evolution-theoretical insights the stress response is a …

Flexible working conditions and their effects on employee health and wellbeing

K Joyce, R Pabayo, JA Critchley… - Cochrane database of …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Flexible working conditions are increasingly popular in developed countries but
the effects on employee health and wellbeing are largely unknown. Objectives To evaluate …

Effectiveness of the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work intervention: cluster randomised controlled trial

CL Edwardson, T Yates, SJH Biddle, MJ Davies… - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention (Stand More AT (SMArT)
Work) designed to reduce sitting time on short (three months), medium (six months), and …

[HTML][HTML] Stress-related psychosocial factors at work, fatigue, and risky driving behavior in bus rapid transport (BRT) drivers

SA Useche, VG Ortiz, BE Cendales - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction There is consistent scientific evidence that professional drivers constitute an
occupational group that is highly exposed to work related stressors. Furthermore, several …

Exploring the relationship between work-related rumination, sleep quality, and work-related fatigue.

D Querstret, M Cropley - Journal of occupational health psychology, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined the association among three conceptualizations of work-related
rumination (affective rumination, problem-solving pondering, and detachment) with sleep …

Job characteristics and off-job activities as predictors of need for recovery, well-being, and fatigue.

S Sonnentag, FRH Zijlstra - Journal of applied psychology, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
Two empirical studies examined need for recovery (ie, a person's desire to be temporarily
relieved from demands in order to restore his or her resources) as a mediator in the …

Give me a better break: Choosing workday break activities to maximize resource recovery.

EM Hunter, C Wu - Journal of Applied Psychology, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Surprisingly little research investigates employee breaks at work, and even less research
provides prescriptive suggestions for better workday breaks in terms of when, where, and …

Blue-enriched white light in the workplace improves self-reported alertness, performance and sleep quality

AU Viola, LM James, LJM Schlangen, DJ Dijk - Scandinavian journal of work …, 2008 - JSTOR
Objectives Specifications and standards for lighting installations in occupational settings are
based on the spectral sensitivity of the classical visual system and do not take into account …

The effect of office concepts on worker health and performance: a systematic review of the literature

E De Croon, J Sluiter, PP Kuijer, M Frings-Dresen - Ergonomics, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional and innovative office concepts can be described according to three
dimensions:(1) the office location (eg telework office versus conventional office);(2) the office …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding stress theory: Prolonged activation and perseverative cognition

JF Brosschot, S Pieper, JF Thayer - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2005 - Elsevier
Several theories of the stress-disease link have now incorporated prolonged activation. This
article argues that these theories still lack an important element, that is, the cognitive nature …