Workplace stress
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- Created on: 15-05-14 12:08
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- Workplace stress
- Johansson et al.
- high risk group of 14 'finishers' in a swedish sawmill
- work was machine paced, isolated, very repetitive yet highly skilled
- finishers productivity determined wages for entire factory
- finishers compared with a low-risk group of 10 cleaners
- finishers secreted more stress hormones on work days than rest days and higher levels than cleaners
- finishers also showed significantly higher levels of stress-related illness/absenteeism than cleaners
- high risk group of 14 'finishers' in a swedish sawmill
- Marmot et al.
- over 7000 civil servants were asked to complete a questionnaire on workload, job control and amount of social support received from others
- researchers also checked for signs of cardiovascular disorder
- 5 years later, participants were reassessed to see if their health status had changed
- found no link between high workload and stress-related illness
- suggests workload was not a significant factor in the development of stress-related illness
- civil servants who initially reported low levels of job control were more likely to develop heart disease
- this association was independent of other risk factors e.g. smoking or level of physical activity
- Evaluation
- longitudinal study - more reliable
- questionnaire used - leading questions?, social desirability bias
- large study - however sample on civil servants only, can't be generalised
- individual differences haven't been accounted for - Schaubroeck et al. - some people are lessed stressed by lack of control
- Johansson et al.
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