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work
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activities performed as a means of support
Work refers to activities that people do in order to earn money and support themselves and their families. It matters because it provides the income necessary for people to meet their basic needs and live.
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Research
2,711,701 papers- Work engagement among older workers: a systematic review.Journal of occupational health · 2024Mori K, Odagami K, Inagaki M et al.DOI: 10.1093/joccuh/uiad008
- Work-Fitness Evaluation for Shift Work Disorder.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Jang TWDOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031294
- Work intensification: A systematic review of studies from 1989 to 2022.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Niazi A, Memon MA, Sarwar N et al.DOI: 10.3233/WOR-230193
- Beyond Work-Life "Integration".ReviewAnnual review of psychology · 2016Williams JC, Berdahl JL, Vandello JADOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033710
- Shift work and mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2019Zhao Y, Richardson A, Poyser C et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00420-019-01434-3
- Playful Work Design: Introduction of a New Concept.ReviewThe Spanish journal of psychology · 2020Bakker AB, Scharp YS, Breevaart K et al.DOI: 10.1017/SJP.2020.20
- Association Between Work-Related Factors and Diet: A Review of the Literature.ReviewWorkplace health & safety · 2019Tanaka R, Tsuji M, Tsuchiya T et al.DOI: 10.1177/2165079918812481
- Ten myths about work addiction.ReviewJournal of behavioral addictions · 2018Griffiths MD, Demetrovics Z, Atroszko PADOI: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.05
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- economic activity
- Has part
- task
- Image
- Ford Madox Brown - Work - Google Art Project.jpg
- Said to be same as
- job activity
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- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Organized Labour
- has characteristic
- occupational stress
- Commons category
- Labour
- topic's main category
- Category:Labor
- described by source
- Pax Leksikon
- opposite of
- recreation
- studied by
- work psychology
- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/labour
- different from
- Praca
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Work
- topic has template
- Template:Labor
- P8168
- fudoki
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Encyclopedic overview
An aircraft worker in Texas during World War II, 1942.
Work or labor (labour in British English) refers to the intentional activities individuals engage in to meet their own needs and potentially wants, as well as those of others or organizations. In economics, work is understood as human labor that, alongside other factors of production, contributes to the creation of goods and services within an economy. Work or labor is a service in standard economic theory.
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