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From:Occupational Health (Issue 407) Peer-ReviewedStress on the heart Research has argued that workers in stressful jobs are more prone to suffering from heart problems. The German study, published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity and Psychosomatic Medicine, argued...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 409) Peer-ReviewedThe economic climate and recession have contributed significantly to the rise of work-related stress. The demand to be profitable in a difficult trading environment, as well as the fear of losing one's job, has been a...
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From:Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Devesh. Kumar, Jai. Singh, Poonam. Kharwar Background: Traffic volume and speed is going to be increased in Indian Railways successively, leading to higher stress in staff connected with train operations. The...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 375) Peer-ReviewedFinancial and job worries mean that more than four out of 10 Britons will not be taking a "substantial" holiday of a week or more this year, with more than half feeling more stressed about life and work than one year...
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From:Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Vol. 15, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Sumit. Prakash, Purushottam. Khapre, Subrata. Laha, Nishant. Saran Introduction: Increasing demands, exacting management, poor ergonomics, and intense competition within and without are likely to contribute...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLine managers have an important role in identifying and managing stress in their organisations because they tend to see the problems causing stress first hand, notice changes in staff behaviour and are the first points...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 61) Peer-ReviewedHealth insurer AXA PPP has bought global absence, stress and occupational health management company ICAS International Holdings at the same time as rival Norwich Union has launched a new absence management tool....
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedMost lay people probably think of nursing as a stressful occupation. Comments such as'! do not know how you do it' are common from patients, friends and relatives. Interestingly, surveys into occupational stress...
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From:Emergency Nurse (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedRCN Wales has presented government officials with a position paper that demands 'urgent attention' should be paid to improving emergency care services. The document states: 'The RCN believes that the burden of blame...
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From:Emergency Nurse (Vol. 13, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedRCN Wales has submitted a list of 28 recommendations to the Welsh Assembly Government to improve emergency care. It has done so to help tackle what college officials describe as a 'whole system dysfunction', because...
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From:IDEA Fitness Journal (Vol. 3, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIn the United States during the 5-year period from 1998 to 2003, more workplace disability benefits were paid for mental health disorders than for any other complaints besides musculoskeletal disorders, according to a...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 46) Peer-ReviewedResearch indicates that around one third of sickness absence is caused by workplace stress. Experts also believe the condition will soon overtake musculoskeletal problems to become the main source of sickness absence in...
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From:International Journal of Commerce and Management (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT The aim of this study is to determine the effects of organizational structure (formalization and centralization) and organizational climate on job stress in a non-Western context. Data were collected from a...
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From:Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Vol. 60, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA literature review revealed the following: key work factors associated with psychological ill health and sickness absence in staff were long hours worked, work overload and pressure, and the effects of these on...
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From:Health and Social Work (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAlthough occupational stress exists in all work situations, the intensity and emotional demands of the health care environment and patient care service delivery in often life-threatening situations place exceptionally...
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From:Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations (Vol. 50, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis paper examines the relationship between stressful working conditions, social support at work employee distress, and union members' (dis)satisfaction with their union. It might be assumed that under stressful working...
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From:Training & Development (Vol. 51, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedIndividuals should learn how to deal with work-related stress before it can endanger their health and their career. Possible causes of stress are career pressure, lack of sleep, acrimonious relationships with office...
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From:Management Review (Vol. 86, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedRay & Berndtson and Cornell University conducted a joint study comparing the performances of US and European executives against stress-related factors that affect job performance. With same demographic data, results...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 314, Issue 7089) Peer-ReviewedForty years ago women fought for their careers against expectations that kept them at home raising children. Now expectations are that we should successfully combine careers and family, with still enough time for an...
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From:Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations (Vol. 50, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe present study utilized a stressor-strain framework to understand physician militancy in Canada. Data were collected from 2, 584 physicians in 1986 using questionnaires. Four militant attitudes or activities were...