The clinical impact of job design.
This paper summarizes some of the evidence that particular features of jobs are associated with particular types of neurotic symptoms, in a way consistent with broader views both of cognitive psychology and biological studies of stress. Particular emphasis is placed on interactive effects of certain characteristics of individuals, making them more or less vulnerable to stress.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications