Sources Of Stress: Strees In The Workplace Evaluation Flashcards

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How do the findings of these studies have implications for the economy?

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Important to invest in giving control over their workplace to reduce absenteeism
(Getting people to just work super hard isn’t the best idea)

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What are some of the main issues with these studies?

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Johansson - population validity as it is not typical to work in a Swedish sawmill

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How is the research correlational?

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There are other factors affecting stress, extrenaous variables couldn’t be controlled, there are mediating variables such as personality where hardiness could have made them more resistant to these workloads

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