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Economic Stress and Occupational Health

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ID15735540
AuthorsRobert R Sinclair (0000-0003-2871-725X, Clemson University, corresponding author), Baylor A Graham (0000-0003-2166-5151, Clemson University), Tahira M Probst (0000-0002-2789-4492, Washington State University Vancouver)
Year2023
Volume11
Issue1
Pages423-451
Publication date2023-12-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2327-0608 • E-ISSN: 2327-0616
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-091922-020639
OpenAlexW4389356896
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited113

Economic sources of stress are some of the most pervasive and significant in adults’ working lives. However, while the link between economic stress and health is well established, some forms of economic stress have received disproportionately less attention than they warrant in organizational psychology and organizational behavior scholarship. In this review, we identify five important domains of economic stress: financial stress, financial deprivation, unemployment, underemployment, and job insecurity. We review each area of literature, focusing on its antecedents, theoretical mechanisms, and consequences. We then highlight an emerging body of research that studies economic stress as a multilevel phenomenon and present a framework for economic stress interventions that discusses primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions at the individual, organizational, and community levels. We conclude by identifying several important directions for future economic stress research

Business · Environmental health · Occupational stress · Stress (linguistics · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology

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Citations per year3,5
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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