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Recent research has suggested that working overtime can affect your health, with those working three to four hours overtime increasing their chance of heart disease significantly. Similar studies have looked at the impact of stress in the workplace and how it can be a major factor in the development of heart disease. Read the BBC report here.
Are you interested in reading academic research in this area from a management perspective or perhaps you have an assignment to do on stress in the workplace? The database Emerald would be a good place to look as it has lots of management research articles. Try searching for keywords such as: hours of work, working patterns, stress and health, workaholism, occupational stress, illness etc. Find Emerald via InfoLinX
And don't forget the importance of work-life balance! I think I'd better take a break...
Are you interested in reading academic research in this area from a management perspective or perhaps you have an assignment to do on stress in the workplace? The database Emerald would be a good place to look as it has lots of management research articles. Try searching for keywords such as: hours of work, working patterns, stress and health, workaholism, occupational stress, illness etc. Find Emerald via InfoLinX
And don't forget the importance of work-life balance! I think I'd better take a break...
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