Reuters is circulating the following article.  Since a state-affliliated ivory tower never encounters a situation described in this study, it's conclusions are purely for academic interests:

The Worst Thing Your Boss Can Do to You

The worst thing your boss can do to you isn't to say, "You're fired!" 
No, the worst thing a bad boss can do is to slowly kill you by raising 
your risk of coronary heart disease.

Reuters reports that a study from the Finnish Institute of Occupational 
Health has concluded that people who are not treated well at work by the 
authorities in charge could be dying a slow death in their cubicles. 
Treating employees fairly and with justice involves supervisors 
considering their viewpoint, sharing information about decision-making 
and being truthful.

The study: Led by Mika Kivimaki, the researchers tracked the 10-year 
incidence of heart disease in 6,442 male civil servants in London. All 
were between the ages of 35 and 55, and none had coronary heart disease 
at the beginning of the study. The participants were polled about their 
perceived level of justice and injustice at work at two different times 
during the decade-long study period. They were then monitored for heart 
disease and heart attacks.

The results: "In men who perceived a high level of justice, the risk of 
coronary heart disease was 30 percent lower than among those who 
perceived a low or an intermediate level of justice," the researchers 
wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine. This held true even after 
other risk factors were included, such as age, socioeconomic status, 
cholesterol levels, alcohol consumption and physical activity. 

Previous research by this same Finnish team found that workplace stress 
more than doubled the risk of death from heart attack, stroke and other 
cardiovascular conditions, reports HealthDay News.

These study findings could be even more stunning if such a test were 
conducted in the United States. "I think we in the U.S. work more hours 
per day than almost any other country, and it's important for us to have 
this sort of justice at work and get a pat on the back from our employer 
or at least be given some feedback," Rania V. Sedhom, an employee 
benefits attorney with Meyer Suozzi English & Klein in New York City, 
told HealthDay News. "When you feel appreciated in any area, 
particularly at work, you're going to do a better job and you're going 
to feel better. It's not costing the employer any more money."

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