ABSTRACT
As we saw in Chapters 3 and 4, many countries (and Britain in particular) have witnessed a sharp increase in job insecurity and work intensification over the last twenty years. But what are the costs of these developments? A large body of international research now exists which documents the effects of both work pressure and job insecurity on the individual’s psychological health and well-being. We will review this evidence, including the findings from our own study, and examine what makes the experience of job insecurity and work intensification so stressful. We will also look at a number of factors which seem to moderate people’s reactions to these phenomena.
