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

We covered Workplace Stress today - 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.

For the Mock on Friday you will also need to cover 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.

Here is the presentation.