Problem
Increasing job monotony
Other Names:
Dehumanization of workMonotonous and repetitious work
Deadening occupational experience
Boring work
Nature:
A high degree of mechanization may increase psychosomatic disorders, reduce job satisfaction, and contribute to a higher rate of absenteeism. Factors such as inter-personal relations at work, work stability, shift work, speed, and safety are important. Workers engaged in repetitive tasks, and controlled by machines, derive less satisfaction from their work. Shift work to sustain factory output capacities creates a psychosocial working environment that may adversely influence the health of the worker. Night work, and the change of working hours from one shift to another, may subject the workers to certain stresses. Such stresses affect the nervous system, increasing the frequency of peptic ulcer and of nervous symptoms, such as fatigue, nervousness, irritation, and insomnia. These nervous symptoms are usually related to lack of sleep, which in turn may be related to housing conditions, and especially to disturbance of sleep by noise during the day, if the worker is on the night shift.
Narrower Problems:
Tedious office employment Related Problems:
Negative social effects of automation Aggravates:
Job fatigueHarmful thoughtPhysical unfitnessOccupational stressAlienation from workAircraft pilot fatigueSubstance abuse at workWorktime limits to educationDehumanizing working conditionsLoss of the significance of workWorkers' growing social anonymityResignation to permanent joblessnessHealth risks to workers in manufacturing industries Reduces:
Work addiction Strategies:
Creating meaningful workChanging workChanging workIncreasing job monotonyDecreasing job monotonyProviding employment Subject(s):
Education → Educational levelSocial Activity → Employment
Social Activity → Employment conditions
Social Activity → Occupation
Social Activity → Work
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST