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Work organization and illness of bank workers: a literature review

ABSTRACT

This article presents an analysis of scientific production of relations between health and labor of bank workers, found in theses, dissertations, articles in the national and international literature, produced in portuguese, english and spanish, in the period from 2008 to 2018. The study was conducted in data bases of the Virtual Health Library and PubMed, using the themes ‘bank workers’ and ‘bank employees’, as well as the descriptors ‘environmental health’, ‘antidepressive agents’, ‘occupational disease’, ‘stress, psychological’, ‘depressive disorder’, ‘Burnout, professional’, ‘cumulative trauma disorders’ and the free terms ‘occupational stress’, ‘stress’, ‘psychological distress’ and ‘psychosocial work environment’. 120 studies were found, of which 37 specifically addressed the topic. The analysis made it possible to find a description of the vision prevalent in the literature about the characteristics of work in banks that are related to workers’ suffering, wear and illness. The form of organization of the work process in the banking sector relates to the suffering and illness, which may lead to suicide. Despite the relationship established between work and illness, the description of work organization is superficial in the studies, and its deepening is important for understanding and transformation of this panorama.

KEYWORDS
Occupational health; Occupational risks; Social determinants of health; Mental disorders

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