Are you a hard worker? Or forced to work hard because many of office tasks that forces you to work overtime. Maybe you need to know this, too often work overtime is not good for health and increase the risk of dying young.
But wait.. For your hard workers, this news should not make you lazy because, according to a recent study, the risk of dying young from too much work can be reduced if you have a colleague who fun and enjoyable.
In this study stated that interpersonal relationships with coworkers affects life expectancy of an employee. The more comfortable and feel happy when partnered with co-workers, the greater the chances for long-lived.
This research was conducted at Tel Aviv University
In observations made over the past 20 years, 53 people from 820 people who were involved in this study as a research object passed away due to various reasons including illness and accidents. When compared with the work environment factors, the mortality rates on the employees that are less happy with his colleagues tend to be higher.The influence of coworker relationship with death rates is greatest among participants who were aged 38-43 years. Even when adjusted for other risk factors like blood pressure and cholesterol levels, the influence of relationships with colleagues are still very high.
"This research is important to support health in the workplace. Improved support from colleagues could reduce the risk of dying young in our employees," write the researchers in the journal Health Psychology, as quoted by LiveScience, Monday (05/16/2011).
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