WORKING CONDITIONS IN ONE SWEDISH AND TWO GERMAN FORWARDING COMPANIES - A CASE STUDY

The working conditions for employees in the field or transportation have remained outside the focus of research. In a comparative study three companies were investigated, two German and one Swedish. The focus was on the working conditions among blue-collar workers. The results indicate that there was a surpassingly high proportion of workers in all the work places that had musculoskeletal problems. The ergonomical working conditions seemed to be about the same and as unsatisfactory irrespective of country. Results concerning quality of working life were in accordance with this. The results also indicate that the Swedish employment system was less stratified and had fewer hierarchical boundaries.

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  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 463-476

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00783952
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0080435904
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Feb 8 2000 12:00AM