Book Chapter

Job-related stress, working time and work schedules

Publication details

Publication date
Series or book
Understanding Society: findings 2012
Pages
pp. 25–26
Publisher
University of Essex: Institute for Social and Economic Research
ISBN
978 1 85871 163 8

Abstract

Work can be a source of both meaning and fulfilment, but excessive job demands can also cause anxiety and stress. Work-related stress is of interest in the UK following evidence of significant work intensification during the 1990s and persistence of high job strain into the 2000s.

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