Causes of Stress can be occupational demand
Some jobs are are more stressful tha others. Consider the librarian, police officer, surgeon, college profesor, airline pilot. How do they differ in the degree of stressfulness. A survey of 130 different occupations confirm the basic fact that some jobs are more stressful than others. Results indicated that several features of the jobs are related to the levels of stress they generate.
Like for example the greater the extent to which a given job require;
- making decisions
- constant monitoring of devices or materials
- repeated exchange of information with others
- unpleasant physical conditions
- performing unstructured rather than structured tasks,
The more stressful it tends to be. Moreover, and this is the most important point such relationships were found to be quite general in nature. Thus, the greater the extent to which virtually any job possesses these characteristics, the higher the level of stress it produces among persons holding it, regardles of the specific tasks being performed. This is certainly point worth considering when planning a career, or choosing beetween potential jobs.