Sociology 3308F/G Lecture Notes - Underemployment, Cardiovascular Disease, Pressure Cooking
20 Apr 2013
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Information technology = key industry in new economy. Table 8. 1 in article: 52% said work negatively affected stress levels. 23% said work led to anxiety: 19% said work affected sleep, 37% said work affects fatigue, 38% said work had negative effect on health. Pace of work and work overload: long hours, always on call, difficult to make plans/relax, no way to escape demands of work, worked very quickly. Individual pressures: norms and amount of work: pressures within the company and industry. Work as a pressure cooker or treadmill . Technology increases the demands that workers face increases the pace: difficult to balance demands of work and connection with others/needs of others. Need to remain competitive: 62% felt pressure to continually learn now skills, pressure to learn new skills the fear for employees losing their value. Job characteristics: looking at broader economic structures on mental health unemployment rates, how the structure of jobs have changed, etc.
