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The aim of this paper is to overview research into relationships between job satisfaction, work environment, job content, occupational stress and health. Factors which interfere with work effectiveness and are believed to contribute to occupational stress are discussed. The main theme of the research program is the application of psychoneuroendocrine studies of occupational stress and coping responses in Australian work environments. Interest is focussed on the relationships between work environments characterised by understimulation, overstimulation, lack of personal control and psychobiological indices of stress (adrenaline, noradrenaline, cortisol). The modulating influence of controllability is considered in relation to work settings, e.g. in highly mechanised and highly automated work processes. Implications of stress research for the design of jobs and organisations in Australia are discussed.
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Spillane, R. (1983). Stress and Work Behaviour. In: Kidman, A.D., Tomkins, J.K., Morris, C.A., Cooper, N.A. (eds) Molecular Pathology of Nerve and Muscle. Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5308-2_17
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