74 STRESS AND HEALTH
FIGURE 4.1A high demand job is a job with heavy workload.
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Unresolved
strainActivity
level‘Passive’
Low jobLowJob demandsJob decision latitude‘Low strain’
High job‘High strain’
jobHigh‘Active’
jobFIGURE 4.2The job strain model.
Source: From Karasek, 1979.