ADVISORY/Desk Rage on the Rise, Study Says.

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ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000

TOPIC: A new study says that workplace stress and long hours are creating a new
phenomenon in the workplace -- desk rage. Desk rage affects growing numbers of
workers who break down at the workplace, argue with one another, physically
fight, cry at work and suffer bouts of work-related insomnia, according to a
story by Gannett News Service. The study, a random telephone survey of 1,305
working adults in the United States, reportedly found that one of 10 Americans
claim that workplace stress is a major problem, making them prime candidates
for desk rage. Two-thirds of those surveyed (65 percent) say that workplace
stress is a problem for them at least occasionally, and many say that this
stress has led them to call in sick or even quick a job, the Gannett story
reports. According to experts, the reasons for the high levels of stress vary,
but include longer hours, increased expectations, overcrowded physical
conditions and overburdened workforces. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several
highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

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Professor Martha McClintock teaches at the University of Chicago. She is an expert in psychology and stress in the workplace. 773/702-2579 773/702-1234 (University PR Phone)

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