Stress in the Workplace and how personality modifies the effects of stressors

We covered Workplace Stress last week - make sure you can explain how research has shown a variety of aspects of the workplace to be stressful, including social isolation, lack of control, work overload and environmental factors e.g. noise and temperature.

There are two key studies - Marmot et al's 'Whitehall' study (actually two studies) of high- and low-grade civil servantes, and Johannson's Swedish saw-mill study.

Here is the presentation.

Yesterday we introduced how personality modifies the effects of stressors. The key ideas here are Type A / Type B - Friedman and Rosenman's classic study into Coronary Heart Disease, and Kobasa's concept of the 'Hardy' personality. You don't need to revise this for the mock on Thursday.

Here is the presentation.