Thirst at Work Implies More Than Just Inadequate Facilities for Breaks.

Early signs of dehydration, such as headaches, are not unusual in the working population. Even slight deficiencies of water intake may have negative effects on both health and performance. However, little is known about work-related fluid intake.

Taking the chance: Core self-evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover.

Core self-evaluations (CSE) might account for relative gains in job resources across time, especially in situations when these individual differences affect behavior that is relevant for development of job resources. This longitudinal study tests CSE as an individual resource that predicts relative gain in job resources and job satisfaction among job beginners who change or stay with their employer. A questionnaire was filled in by 513 adolescents shortly before the end of vocational training and one year later.

Work stressors and impaired sleep: rumination as a mediator.

An association between stress at work and impaired sleep is theoretically plausible and supported by empirical evidence. The current study's main aim was to investigate how the influence of stressors is carried over into the evening and the night. We assume that this relationship is mediated by perseverative cognitions.

Does stress at work make you gain weight? A two-year longitudinal study.

Objectives: Research concerning the association between stress at work and body mass index (BMI) has mainly focused on two models (ie, job demand-control and effort-reward imbalance) as predictors and mostly been cross-sectional. The aim of our study is to extend previous research in two ways. First, social stressors - in the sense of social conflict and animosities at work - were included as an independent variable, arguing that they should be an especially promising predictor as they reflect a "social-evaluative threat".

Work characteristics as predictors of physiological recovery on weekends.

Objectives: This study investigated whether work characteristics predict physiological recovery on a rest day. Specifically, we aimed to show that high demands and low control at work would lead to higher cortisol values and thus poor recovery on a rest day.

Methods: A total of 69 individuals participated in this study.