Straining Under Contradiction? Contradictory Class Locations and Job Strain in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Research suggests lower-level supervisors may suffer greater burdens of mental illness and substance use than workers and upper management, a pattern that may arise from their contradictory class location. For example, lower-level supervisors may be compelled to discipline subordinates and enforce policies over which they have little say, and contend with antagonism from workers, exposing them to stressors like job strain. However, to our knowledge, no U.S. studies have investigated whether job strain is elevated among lower-level supervisors. We addressed this gap using 2002-2022 General Social Survey data (n = 9261). We classified respondents as workers, lower-level supervisors, higher-level supervisors, top executives, petit bourgeoisie, or capitalists using self-employment and s

SUBMITTER: Eisenberg-Guyot J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12838434 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature