The Culture-Work-Health model and work stress.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the role of organizational culture in the etiology of workplace stress through the framework of the Culture-Work-Health model.


METHODS
A review of the business and health literature related to organizational culture was conducted and applied to the model.


RESULTS
Culture is an important component of work stress and may be a key to creating effective organizational stress interventions.


CONCLUSIONS
Work stress is as much a managerial and business concern as a health concern when it is framed in a cultural argument, and the Culture-Work-Health model provides a theoretical basis for new directions in ameliorating work stress.
Peterson
Michael
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Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Delaware, Newark 19716, USA. pmpeter@udel.edu
Wilson
John F
JF
D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008960:Models, Psychological; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*