Boredom is an emotional state that has a long history in organizational research. Despite
recent changes in technology and the organization of work, boredom remains a part of the …

Objective Burnout is a negative affective state consisting of emotional exhaustion, physical
fatigue, and cognitive weariness symptoms. This study was designed to evaluate …

Growth of the information economy and globalization of labor markets will be marked by
exponential growth in emerging technologies that will cause considerable disruption of the …

Immigration and globalization, combined with new civil rights laws and changes in public
opinion, have resulted in vastly increased workplace diversity in the last half-century. This …

Objectives. We evaluated whether cumulative exposure to job strain increases blood
pressure. Methods. A prospective study of 8395 white-collar workers was initiated during …

This article examines the potential confounding of observed relations between shiftwork and
health outcomes by differences in the jobs typically carried out by shiftworkers and …

We hypothesized that employees' emotionaldistress would be affected by the degree to
which theirpayment was contingent upon individual performance. Respondents were 2747 …

The authors describe a view that our short-, medium-, and long-term behavior, interactions,
and relationships—whether planned or spontaneous, purposeful or playful—can be …

Extreme work environments are inherently stressful and involve challenging working and
living conditions. In contexts ranging from space exploration to disaster response, people …

Workers in safety critical and 24-hour operating environments face sustained exposure to
many stressful situations, ranging from long periods of monotony and boredom, to sudden …