FED: Uni study to gauge the strain of modern workplaces

AAP General News (Australia)
01-13-2004
FED: Uni study to gauge the strain of modern workplaces

By Graeme Webber

SYDNEY, Jan 13 AAP - Workers feeling the strain of long hours, fear of redundancy,
deadlines and restructures can volunteer for a university study of how employees are handling
modern workplaces.

A team of researchers at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) will ask volunteers
how changes in the labour market have affected their lives.

Led by Professors Valerie Walkerdine and Bronwyn Davies and Research Fellow Peter Bansel,
the three-year project aims to help governments and employers tune in to the mental …