Sociology 3308F/G Lecture : Job characteristics related to health.docx
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Since 1980"s: increase in daily, weekly, and annual hours for many workers in full time jobs: long hours can be harmful to both physical and mental health, long hours can be related to more job stress and higher, shift work levels of burn out. Job stress and burnout in it: information technology = key industry in new economy, stress and burnout considered normal, 52% said work led to anxiety, 19% said work affected sleep, 37% said work affects fatugye, 38% said work had negative effect on health, pace of work and work overload. Definition: individuals who are out of work (and actively looking for work: misses discourage workers and underemployment, unemployment rate in canada currently at 7. 2, higher unemployment rates associated with higher rates of disease and distress, bad for the unemployed, uncertainty for the remaining, workloads increase, supervision increases.