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Work and health Volume 12, issue 1, Janvier 2016

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MCU de socio-anthropologie
Expert près des Tribunaux

“Occupational health lies in the power to act, the power to share the gesture, to speak and overcome difficulties together. For health, nothing can replace the action, evil is in the amputation of the power to act ... ”.

In the “human factor” Christophe Dejours writes that work is the coordinated activity carried out by men and women to deal with what, in a utilitarian task can not be achieved by the strict fulfillment of the prescribed organization. The involvement of the person's subjectivity, the ingenuity of the man or woman facing a specific task and show some interactions in work situations are dimensions we should consider.

The Economic and Social Council in its report entitled, “Labor organizations and new risks to the health of employees” emphasizes the inextricable link of health at work. Several scientific studies have significantly demonstrated the impact of psychosocial work factors on the health and well-being.