SOSA 2141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Job Satisfaction, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Main Source
25 Aug 2016
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Week 4 when work hurts: alienation and abuse in/at work. Subjective: physical, inflicted by an identifiable agent" ex. You know you are experiencing it (obvious) ex. Hurtful consequences that sustain the state our economic and political systems, which we assume as normal. It is invisible unless it triggers unsafe working conditions. Decline since 1980s because of our expansion of system of workplace protection and laws. Black lung in the coal mines of springhill, ns. Company handed out free cigarettes to workers to instill reasonable doubt that the cancer came from the work and rather from the cigarettes. Stressful technological and knowledge based jobs are intense. Most people who say that work is the main source of their stress are in high-status occupations. People in lower-wage, lower-prestige jobs are more likely to be stressed about finances, family etc. Unemployed people are more likely to be in poor health than people in paid jobs.
