¶ … Job Worth
The following section addresses the relation between certain work context factors and particular jobs of occupations. For each work context factor, one job has been identified that would be influenced by that factor.
Job requires you to assume an adversarial role:
The job of a prosecuting attorney requires the individual to continually assume an adversarial role. In order to conduct a thorough investigation of the facts and determine the part people have played in situations that could entail breaking the law, a prosecuting attorney must strive to evoke responses from defendants. In the a court of law, a prosecuting attorney will take an adversarial position when questioning a defendant. Generating a certain level of stress for defendants is one way of exposing certain habits of mind or uncovering important information or evidence.
Job includes great responsibility for the safety of others:
The job of a fire fighter requires the individual employee to assume great responsibility for the safety of others. A fire fighter is responsible for putting out fires, rescuing people from dangerous emergency situations, and otherwise contributing to the public welfare, as is fitting his or her training, expertise, and public duties. In addition, the fire fighter has a duty of care for the safety of all people who may be in proximity to the emergency situation -- a standard that greatly expands their sphere of responsibility.
Job involves encounters with angry or discourteous people:
The job of a customer service representative in a call center requires the individual employee to be involved in encounters with people who are...
Whether the customer service representative works at a call center or a service desk in a bricks-and-mortar store, the representative will come in contact with disgruntled people who may take their frustration out on the employees they encounter.
Job is performed under extreme temperatures (hot or cold):
The job of a warehouseman can cause the employee to conduct their duties under conditions of extreme temperatures in both the hot and cold ranges.
The consequences of an error on this job are catastrophic:
The job of air traffic controller can entail catastrophic consequences when errors are made during the performance of the duties. Certainly, there are safeguards employed by air traffic controllers, but human decision-making, awareness, and intuition play an important part in the execution of the job. Air traffic controllers talk directly to pilots and copilots, which gives them opportunity to assess their state of mind and gather information that can influence decision-making. Reading circumstances incorrectly or misinterpreting information can put large numbers of people in immediate jeopardy -- the end result of which can be catastrophic.
Worker has little or no control over the work:
The job of a factory line worker provides either very little control over the work, or does not provide any opportunity for the worker to have control the work. Factory line workers are generally not granted any discretion in their work, unless they happen to work in a factory in which a pure form of kaizan is utilized. In such a context, a factor worker may be able to shut down production in order to ensure that some important or…
