Organizational Stress
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JOB STRAIN MODEL
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INFORMATION ON THE JOB CONTENT QUESTIONNAIRE
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JOB STRAIN SCALES
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FINDINGS / EVIDENCE FOR JOB STRAIN
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OTHER FORMULATIONS OF JOB STRAIN
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OTHER JOB STRESS MODELS
1) OCCUPATIONAL STRESS INDEX
2) PERSON-ENVIRONMENT FIT
3) EFFORT-DISTRESS
4) EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE
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A Brief Introduction to Job Strain
Peter Schnall M.D.,M.P.H. (May, 1998)
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Research conducted since the end of WWII into the causes of hypertension and coronary heart disease has identified a number of important risk factors that contribute to the development of these illnesses such as excessive caloric and fat intake leading to obesity and elevated blood cholesterol, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes, all of which contribute to atherosclerosis. Unfortunately, the cause(s) of high blood pressure have proven more difficult to identify, though being overweight has long been recognized as a risk factor for hypertension. Recently, attention has focused on the workplace as a potential source of stressors that might contribute to the development of hypertension.
A number of specific stressful working conditions, such as repetitive work, assembly-line work, electronic monitoring or surveillance, involuntary overtime, piece-rate work, inflexible hours, arbitrary supervision, and deskilled work, have been studied. Over the last 15 years, a new model of job stress (see figure) developed by Robert Karasek has highlighted two key elements of these stressors, and has been supported by a growing body of evidence. Karasek's "job strain" model states that...
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