Briefly Outline Karasek's "Demand-Control" Model of Workplace Stress

question 25

Short Answer

Briefly outline Karasek's "demand-control" model of workplace stress.

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Definitions:

Commodity Chains

The network of production and distribution processes through which a product passes until it reaches the consumer, often spanning multiple countries.

Sweatshop

A workplace where workers are subject to extreme exploitation, including below-standard wages, long hours, and poor working conditions that may pose health or safety hazards.

Race To The Bottom

A socio-economic phenomenon where countries or companies compete by undercutting each other in standards, such as labor rights and environmental regulations, to attract business.

Sweatshop

A pejorative term for a workplace that has very poor, socially unacceptable working conditions, often where workers are exploited.