Job Strain or Healthy Work: A Question of Task Design.
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
- Vol. 9 (4) , 322-338
- https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8998.9.4.322
Abstract
Objectively evaluated task requirements were used to classify jobs causing high strain, low strain, and jobs conducive to personal development. Effects of these job characteristics on psychophysiological outcomes were tested in 241 employees by using 24-hr ambulatory assessment of blood pressure (BP), heart rate, and mood. Self-reports about job characteristics showed that employees working in jobs conducive to personal development perceived the highest job demands and decision latitude. They also showed a healthy cardiovascular behavior with increased diastolic BP at work and its strong unwinding at night. Although self-reports about job characteristics did not differ between low- and high-strain jobs, employees exposed to high-strain jobs had higher systolic and diastolic BP during work and more often a disturbed relaxation ability.Keywords
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