Workplace stress

Workplace stress
Causes:
* Home/work interface: Balance demands of home and work. ‘work life balance’. Having time for both home and work responsibilities= better psychological adjustment.
* Control: high levels of control over workload= low levels of stress. Low levels of control experienced by workers lower down in the hierarchy.
* Environment: heating, lighting and physical arrangement. Could affect psychological wellbeing.
* Workload



Marmot (1997)
Aim: to investigate the negative correlation between job control and stress related illness in male and female civil servants.
Procedure: 10308 civil servants aged 35-55. 67% men, 33%women. Longitudinal study over 3 years. - Job control measured by self report surveys and independent assessment (observation) of work environment by personnel managers.
Correlation analysis carried out to test association between job control and stress related illness.
Results: p's with low job control were more likely to die of a heart attack and suffer from other stress related illnesses e.g. cancer.
Variables are negatively correlated. As control decreases, immunity decreases.
+/-: Based on self report questionnaires.
Risk of psychological harm.