A restless night may leave you feeling tired at work, but what if your job is the very thing disrupting your sleep?
People with highly sedentary jobs — accounting for 80% of the current US workforce — face a significantly higher risk of insomnia, according to a new study published January 7 in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
“We already know sleep is as close as a magic bullet that we have for employee productivity and well-being, yet the way job design has changed work endangers sleep health,” said Dr. Claire Smith, lead study author and assistant professor of psychology at the University of South Florida.
How job design impacts your sleep
The research, which analyzed data from more than 1,000 workers over a 10-year period from the national Midlife in the United States study,examined how job design impacts employees’ sleep patterns. Job design, as defined by the study, includes elements such …