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DRIVERS' HEALTH * Canada - Work stress directly impacting job performance
Work-related stress has a direct bearing on the current and long-term productivity of Canadian workers in terms of reduced work activities, disability days and absenteeism, according to a new study
Ottawa,Ont,CAN -Truck News, by Lou Smyrlis -28 Dec 2007: -- ... The study, published in Perspectives on Labour and Income, used data from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey and various cycles of the National Population Health Survey to examine work stress and its impact on workers... Work stress can be measured by several indicators, one of which is job strain. The study found that men with high-strain jobs were 1.7 times more likely than those with low-strain jobs to report lower work activities due to a long-term health problem... Proportionally, 28% of working women reported having a high-strain job, compared with 20% of men. One-third of women felt quite a bit, or extremely, stressed most days at work, compared with 29% of men... Shift workers were more likely to have high-strain jobs than other workers. They were also more likely to perceive their jobs as physically demanding... Individuals with low personal incomes were more likely to have high-strain jobs than individuals with high incomes. Almost 28% of workers with incomes of less than $20,000 had high-strain jobs, compared with only 18% of workers earning $60,000 or more... A supportive work environment tended to mitigate job interruptions due to stress, while negative coping...
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