What Led to the Identification of Office Work-Related Injuries Such

question 4

Multiple Choice

What led to the identification of office work-related injuries such as repetitive strain injury?

• A) Doctors' concerns with the increase in patient visits
• B) Middle-class use of technologies previously used by low-paid women workers whose injuries were ignored
• C) Organizing on the part of office workers
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Distanciation

The process or effect of becoming distant or disconnected, often used in social sciences to discuss the separation of people by time, space, or social relations.

Disembedding

Disembedding is a social theory concept referring to the process by which social relations are lifted out of local contexts and restructured across indefinite spans of time-space, a phenomenon characteristic of modernity.

Formal Rationality

Involves clear, methodical processes and rules designed to achieve objectives efficiently and is often contrasted with substantive rationality.

Urbanization

The process by which rural areas become urban, involving an increase in the percentage of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.