Stress and Quality of Working Life - 9781648021589

Stress and Quality of Working LifeFinding Meaning in Grief and Suffering\nAuthor(s): Ana Maria Rossi, James A. Meurs, Pamela L. Perrew\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781648021589, 978-1648021589\nSynopsis\nAccording to the American Institute of Stress (AIS), job stress is far and away the primary source of stress for American adults. The relationship between job stress and heart attacks, hypertension, and other disorders is well understood. Further, the cost of job stress in the United States is estimated to be over $300 billion due to outcomes such as accidents, turnover, and lost productivity. Perhaps the most consistent findings connecting job stress to health outcomes confirm that employees who perceive a high level of job demands without the appropriate control over job demands are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.\n\nIn Brazil, the loss is estimated at [url] of the gross domestic.