SOC 501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Job Satisfaction, Occupational Safety And Health, Repetitive Strain Injury
14 Dec 2015
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4 sources of alienation: alienation from work. Mortify flesh and ruin mind: alienated work in canada but not how marx predicted. Are canadians satisfied job satisfaction: an acceptance of contentment with and enjoyment in one"s job intrinsic and extrinsic rewards intrinsic. External rewards: the more satisfying it is the more you feel you live to work. Overall job satisfaction is high (75-80%: but declining, and what does it actually measure, is it accurate, everyone has a different definition of satisfaction. High work stress roughly 1/3 of working canadians report work stress forms of resistance at work can be coping strategy work and health issues today. How work is positively associated with health: healthy worker hypothesis. Have to be healthy enough to work: income and benefits, working increases self esteem and boosts self concept. Occupational health and safety: repetitive strain injuries (cid:1) (cid:1) Work to home conflict: a chronic stressor of higher status job, how much you bring work home.
