Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

The office can kill you

Opinion
Oct 25, 20051 min

Working for gum-enemy Tony Price could be hazardous to your health, if a Finnish health study is to be believed.

A study by the University of Helsinki and Finnish Institute of Occupational Health has found that those who think they’re treated fairly at work have a lower incidence of heart disease.

“Our findings on coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in all western societies, suggest that organizational justice is also a topic worthy of consideration in health research,” said lead author Mika Kivimaki.

“Organizational justice” sounds like an oxymoron, yet researchers define it as believing “higher-ups are considering their viewpoint, involving them in decision making and treating them truthfully.”

Via Forbes