Job Control in Reducing Stress for Individuals with Type A Behavior Pattern
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Authors
Purk, Brandon
Issue Date
2002
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Individuals who demonstrate characteristics such as extreme levels of mental and
physical alertness, necessity to compete, aggressiveness, and time urgency are thought to
be Type A personalities. The effects of job control in relation to occupational stress are
investigated to find ways in reducing such stress, especially facing the link between Type
A and coronary heart disease. The interaction between task demands over time,
environmental conditions, and the person, define occupational stress (Wesnes &
Warburton, 1983). The participants consisted of 45 Type A office employees from the
Radisson Hotel at Kalamazoo Center. All participants volunteered, but were tested for
Type A by questionnaire and further assessed by structured interviews. The participants
were randomly assigned to three groups, the low control group, who received low levels
of job control, the medium control group who received an intermediate level of job
control, and a high control group that received the greatest amount of job control. Heart
rate and follow up questionnaires were used to examine stress levels.
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iv, 28 p.
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