Work-Life Balance: The Relationship Between Stress and Health
Work-Life Balance: The Relationship Between Stress and Health
March 10th 2012
The relationship between employment related stress and workplace uncertainty directly impacts health today. Studies have identified employment strains caused by uncertainty of work that may be measured by scheduling and earning uncertainty (Tompa et al, 2009). The effort required in commuting to the workplace and effort required to handle multiple jobs are also strains that will be addressed in relation to this theme while drawing on my own experience. With the significant rise of working hours among Canadians in past years have caused conflict among family and individuals and has increased workplace accidents while reduced productivity and quality (Tompa et al 2009). Jackson (2009) emphasizes the link between stress and health; the strains related to the workplace may include work-life conflict, job insecurity, and physical demand. I would also like to add the strain employment demands could cause for full-time students and in particular university life. Furthermore, work-life conflict can arise when an individual plays more than one role such as of a student, employee, caregiver, and volunteer (Smith & Polanyi, 2009). Each role has its own demands and balancing time for multiple roles at the same time may impact individual health directly. I have constructed a time-use diary method to investigate the relationship between work and the conflict it may cause to a full-time students education and family life and its effect on health. The time-use diary method of compiling data for research purposes is one that requires the continuous log or record of activity for a particular observation period (Gershuny, 2011). For this study, I have used a 24-hour period with one-hour fixed intervals on an average weekday. The time-use data pertains to only myself and have constructed the data based on my own activities. As shown in the appendix, the diary registers the location,
March 10th 2012
The relationship between employment related stress and workplace uncertainty directly impacts health today. Studies have identified employment strains caused by uncertainty of work that may be measured by scheduling and earning uncertainty (Tompa et al, 2009). The effort required in commuting to the workplace and effort required to handle multiple jobs are also strains that will be addressed in relation to this theme while drawing on my own experience. With the significant rise of working hours among Canadians in past years have caused conflict among family and individuals and has increased workplace accidents while reduced productivity and quality (Tompa et al 2009). Jackson (2009) emphasizes the link between stress and health; the strains related to the workplace may include work-life conflict, job insecurity, and physical demand. I would also like to add the strain employment demands could cause for full-time students and in particular university life. Furthermore, work-life conflict can arise when an individual plays more than one role such as of a student, employee, caregiver, and volunteer (Smith & Polanyi, 2009). Each role has its own demands and balancing time for multiple roles at the same time may impact individual health directly. I have constructed a time-use diary method to investigate the relationship between work and the conflict it may cause to a full-time students education and family life and its effect on health. The time-use diary method of compiling data for research purposes is one that requires the continuous log or record of activity for a particular observation period (Gershuny, 2011). For this study, I have used a 24-hour period with one-hour fixed intervals on an average weekday. The time-use data pertains to only myself and have constructed the data based on my own activities. As shown in the appendix, the diary registers the location,
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