Impressive Assembly Line Worker: A Case Study
There are many common stressors individuals may experience within their job. A stressor is a stimulus that demands some sort of physical or emotional response from our body or mind. Most individuals deal with distress which is bad stress (Landy & Conte, 2016) while on the job.
An automotive assembly line worker could be affected physically and psychologically. Some physical stressors could include lighting, noise, climate, poor ventilation, standing, bending, squatting, and nicked/calloused hands from the machinery or chemicals. The psychological stressors could be predictability (same hours and same work station daily with no change or not being able to leave the assembly line for a break), interpersonal conflict, work pace (having to stay …show more content…
Psychological stressors that police officers can experience are: lack of control (they may be stuck getting off work due to settling disputes/paper-work), interpersonal conflict (they deal with negativity from the public daily & possible from co-workers), role stressors (they need to deal with every situation in a different way because every person they deal with has different attitudes), work-family conflict (they and their family deal with the pressure of knowing the risk of the job, they deal with the stress of their day lingering on them while at home and having to let their guard down and try to relax while at home), emotional labor (they must always manage their emotions and not display anger or humor despite what the situation may be). Physical stressors are weather, rotating shifts and overtime, long hours on their feet or sitting, running and having to restrain individuals as …show more content…
Automotive assembly workers, police officers and servers could all be offered longer hours with the option of a four-day work week or rotating shifts or stations to give them new things and people to work with.
Companies of automotive assembly workers, servers, and bank managers could redesign their workplace to make it safer and run more efficiently. When employees feel safe, comfortable, and in control stressors become less and employees are happier. Police officers could wear a camera with video and sound for their protection. This helps relieve their stress against false complaints and proving the police was in compliance, it may help protect them because if the public knows their every move/word is being filmed they may feel intimidated to say/do things against the
An automotive assembly line worker could be affected physically and psychologically. Some physical stressors could include lighting, noise, climate, poor ventilation, standing, bending, squatting, and nicked/calloused hands from the machinery or chemicals. The psychological stressors could be predictability (same hours and same work station daily with no change or not being able to leave the assembly line for a break), interpersonal conflict, work pace (having to stay …show more content…
Psychological stressors that police officers can experience are: lack of control (they may be stuck getting off work due to settling disputes/paper-work), interpersonal conflict (they deal with negativity from the public daily & possible from co-workers), role stressors (they need to deal with every situation in a different way because every person they deal with has different attitudes), work-family conflict (they and their family deal with the pressure of knowing the risk of the job, they deal with the stress of their day lingering on them while at home and having to let their guard down and try to relax while at home), emotional labor (they must always manage their emotions and not display anger or humor despite what the situation may be). Physical stressors are weather, rotating shifts and overtime, long hours on their feet or sitting, running and having to restrain individuals as …show more content…
Automotive assembly workers, police officers and servers could all be offered longer hours with the option of a four-day work week or rotating shifts or stations to give them new things and people to work with.
Companies of automotive assembly workers, servers, and bank managers could redesign their workplace to make it safer and run more efficiently. When employees feel safe, comfortable, and in control stressors become less and employees are happier. Police officers could wear a camera with video and sound for their protection. This helps relieve their stress against false complaints and proving the police was in compliance, it may help protect them because if the public knows their every move/word is being filmed they may feel intimidated to say/do things against the