Work stress is seriously affecting employees' performances, leading to a decrease in productivity, more missed days from work and increased absenteeism, according to a new Statistics Canada report.
The findings, taken from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey, were published Wednesday in Perspectives on Labour and Income, a StatsCan publication.
The strain a particular job places on a person, which takes into account psychological effect, decision-making ability and pace of work, was one of the variables measured in the report.
It found that male employees who had high-strain jobs were 1.7 times more likely than those with low-strain jobs to report that they had performed less work due to a long-term health condition and 1.5 times more likely to report having taken at least one disability day in the two weeks prior to participating in the survey.
Physical exertion and insecurity about one's job also led to stressful workplace conditions, the study finds. More men than women reported their jobs required a lot of physical exertion — 48 per cent for men versus 40 per cent for women.
One-third of women surveyed said they were a bit or extremely stressed most days at work — versus 29 per cent of men.
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The findings, taken from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey, were published Wednesday in Perspectives on Labour and Income, a StatsCan publication.
The strain a particular job places on a person, which takes into account psychological effect, decision-making ability and pace of work, was one of the variables measured in the report.
It found that male employees who had high-strain jobs were 1.7 times more likely than those with low-strain jobs to report that they had performed less work due to a long-term health condition and 1.5 times more likely to report having taken at least one disability day in the two weeks prior to participating in the survey.
Physical exertion and insecurity about one's job also led to stressful workplace conditions, the study finds. More men than women reported their jobs required a lot of physical exertion — 48 per cent for men versus 40 per cent for women.
One-third of women surveyed said they were a bit or extremely stressed most days at work — versus 29 per cent of men.
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