The amount of water supply in Japan was 16 billion ton as of 1989. Water from rivers and other sources is purified, sterilized and then supplied to the residents through conduits. When conduits are accidentally damaged, they must be repaired by the workers of the Waterworks Bureau of the local government. In this task, the workers are exposed to airborne dust which develops while digging and fi...

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between shift work and diabetes mellitus by separating shift workers according to the intensity of their shift work (seasonal shift work and continuous shift work). Between May and October 2009, we collected data from annual health checkups and questionnaires at a manufacturing company in Shizuoka, Japan. Questionnaires were returned by 1...

so on. For these people, computerized systems represent powerful tools for assisting them in the performance of their work. The problems derive f rom the increasing ability of these systems to take over much of the work now performed by manufacturing, clerical, and service workers. Solutions will not be simple. Elements leading towards acceptable solutions must include human considerations in t...

OBJECTIVE To determine if an abnormal sensory nerve conduction study consistent with median mononeuropathy in asymptomatic workers was predictive of future complaints of the hand or finger suggestive of carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS This was a case-control study of over 700 active workers at five different work sites: four sites involved manufacturing workers and one site represented cleric...

Myths abound in occupational life, but the topic of myths has generally been neglected by occupational sociologists. This paper attempts to rectify the omission. It is contended that we find myths at points of occupational stress and the myths are used by workers to cope with the stress. Six broad occupational types are discussed in this paper: professions, semi-professions, managers, white col...

Job mismatch among graduates reflects inefficiencies in the labor market. An imbalance between demand and supply of market leads to a horizontal mismatch. Nations make progress based on knowledge education but despite obtaining higher individuals are unable find job related their field study. This phenomenon occurs when educational institutes produce large number while other hand, exceeds for g...

This article investigates the effects of job involvement, affective organizational commitment, and collectivism on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) using data collected from 131 professors and clerical workers in a private Japanese university. Results show that job involvement had a significantly positive relationship on civic virtue and helping behavior, and affective organizational c...