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Efforts to safeguard employee health, both physical and mental, have a long tradition in Europe, North America, and beyond, and they remain topical in light of ongoing changes to the workplace. In light of the relevance of the topic, the editors briefly introduce health at work as an interdisciplinary field of study as well as the contributions to this volume. This introduction outlines the structure of the volume, opening with contributions concerned with organizational culture, followed by leadership, public and private policies promoting occupational health, and concluding with evidence-based interventions for occupational health.
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DGUV (=Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung) 2015: Employees give a 3+ in leadership behavior and working atmosphere. The survey shows deficits in occupational safety and health. http://www.dguv.de/de/mediencenter/pm/Pressearchiv/2015/quartal_3/details_q3_113985.jsp. Accessed 10 October 2015 (in German).
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This book emerged as a result of the research project, Healthy at Work—Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Diseases of the Innovation Incubator/Leuphana University Lüneburg. The project was generously funded by the European Union and the federal state of Lower Saxony. We thank those who have successfully applied for this funding and provided guidance and advice: Wulf Rössler, Nils Ole Oermann, Matthias Augustin, Björn Maier and Swen Malte John.
We would like to thank Patricia Weinert for heading the conference organizing committee with passion and excellence. We would further like to thank here all our colleagues for their continuous support (in alphabetical order): Kristin Bahr, Daniel Braun-Beustrin, Björn-Helge Busch, Laura Diedrich, Fokko Eller, Ingrid Franz, Sabine Hirth, Debra Hopkins, Wolfram Kawohl, Kai Kleinlercher, Jürgen Klose, Valentina Leier, Hannah Luedtke, Brita Müller-Kanneberg, Bettina Riegel, Lars Rusch, Stefanie Scheske, Markus Steiner, Yvette Tasto, Nazan Ulusoy, Silke Volkhardt, Max von Soest, Patricia Weinert, Anita Wiemer, and Susanne Wöhe.
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Fischer, S., Wiencke, M., Cacace, M. (2016). Introduction. In: Wiencke, M., Cacace, M., Fischer, S. (eds) Healthy at Work . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_1
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