Occupational stress
tensions related to workplace responsibilities or situations, and their negative health and psychological effects
Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job.
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Quotes
edit- Workers in lower status jobs tend to have more stressful working conditions—they have lower pay, poorer pension arrangements, less control over their work, and report more unsupportive colleagues and manager.
- Tarani Chandola, as quoted in Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (May 8, 2017) by Jordan Pearson, Vice.
- I am pretty confident in saying that the physiological stress levels (as measured by cortisol) of bosses are lower than their employees—in other words, the bosses are not as stressed as the employees they manage, this is shown not just by my study, but loads of other studies that show exactly the same results. Stress levels increase (not decrease) as we go from the top of the occupational ladder to the bottom.
- Tarani Chandola, as quoted in Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (May 8, 2017) by Jordan Pearson, Vice.