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The Context of Psychosocial Factors at Work in the Asia Pacific

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Psychosocial Factors at Work in the Asia Pacific

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The Asia Pacific is diverse culturally, economically, and socially. Despite being the world’s most populous region where many workers experience poor working conditions and insecure employment, little attention has been given to psychosocial factors at work in the region. This chapter argues that in understanding work conditions and worker health it is important to consider influences at the international, national, state, and local levels. Moreover, within nations, power actors such as unions, governments, and corporations, legal requirements, welfare regimes, national culture, corruption, and occupational health and safety policies and guidance, are fundamental influences on work conditions and worker health in the Asia Pacific. The chapter outlines initiatives in the region to foster knowledge development processes, such as the development of the Asia Pacific Academy for Psychosocial Factors at Work. The aim of such initiatives is to address the gap in the global and local stock of knowledge, so that good policies and practices can be developed for the region. A synopsis of each chapter is given to assist navigation through the book.

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  1. Centre for Applied Psychological Research, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, St Bernards Road, Magill Campus, CA Building, Adelaide, SA, 5072, Australia

    Maureen F. Dollard & Michelle R. Tuckey

  2. Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan

    Akihito Shimazu

  3. Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, 8 Jalan Masjid Abu Bakar, 80100, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Rusli Bin Nordin

  4. School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, 176 Messines Ridge Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia

    Paula Brough

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  1. Centre for Applied Psychological Research, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Maureen F. Dollard

  2. Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Akihito Shimazu

  3. Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    Rusli Bin Nordin

  4. School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Paula Brough

  5. Centre for Applied Psychological Research, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Michelle R. Tuckey

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Dollard, M.F., Shimazu, A., Nordin, R.B., Brough, P., Tuckey, M.R. (2014). The Context of Psychosocial Factors at Work in the Asia Pacific. In: Dollard, M., Shimazu, A., Bin Nordin, R., Brough, P., Tuckey, M. (eds) Psychosocial Factors at Work in the Asia Pacific. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8975-2_1

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