chapter 9 (employment, working conditions, & health)

Question 1

metabolic syndrome

Answer 1

a constellation of precursors to serious disease including central obesity, elevated blood pressure, and insulin resistance.

Question 2

isostrain

Answer 2

an occupational health term referring to isolated, low-social support, high-strain work, such as public transit work.

Question 3

demand-control model

Answer 3

occupational health model that considers the level of demand made on the worker and the amount of control he or she has over the pace and content of the work.

Question 4

effort-reward model

Answer 4

aka effort-reward imbalance model. postulates that job demands that are disproportionate to the intrinsic (job satisfaction) and extrinsic (praise, earnings) rewards attached to the work generate health-damaging stress. poor-quality jobs such as unskilled labour, serving in restaurants, and assembly-line work often involve large imbalances between the work expected of the employee and the rewards they receive.

Question 5

neo-liberalism

Answer 5

ideology that emerged in the 70’s and 80’s that holds governments should minimize tax and regulatory burden on individuals and corporations, reduce public services in favour of for-profit corporate services, and promote economic growth through encouraging trade and consumerism.