Dying for a Paycheck

Jeffrey Pfeffer

Dying for a Paycheck

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of people die as a direct consequence of stress, caused by their jobs. Whether it is because of a busy environment, impossible deadlines, or a lack of financial security, the consequences are both clear and visible. And it really does not have to be this way. In Dying for a Paycheck, Jeffrey Pfeffer helps us to see how stress negatively influences not only people but also society and even companies themselves. He presents various hypotheses on new ways to manage businesses, enabling them to turn people’s physical and mental health into a company priority.

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Analysis and key concepts

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Why stress is often synonymous with work

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The way in which the working world negatively influences our health

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Why firing people comes with several types of collateral damage

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A side note on health insurance

05.

Why little extras are not enough to fix the general discontent

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Why we can no longer go on like this

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What we can do to change things

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Quotes

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Take-home message

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Many useful tips to:

  • Understand exactly how stress in the workplace negatively influences our society.
  • Analyse the principle causes of stress at work and in toxic environments.
  • Create hypotheses for an alternative approach, where wellbeing at work is just as important as financial results.

Jeffrey Pfeffer is an American business expert and a professor of Organisational Behaviour at Stanford University. He is considered one of the most important and influential figures in the field of management and for years he conducted in depth studies in the areas of behaviour and management. He has written hundreds of articles and more than a dozen books on the subject, among which are The Human Equation, Managing with Power, Hidden Value and Leadership BS.

Publishing house:

Harper Business

Year:

2018

Pages:

272

ISBN:

978-0062800923