For the study, researchers defined job strain as a combination of demand (the amount, pace, and difficulty of the work) and control (the ability to make work-related decisions or be creative at work).
Although keeping up with the pace and difficulty of MIT coursework has been compared to "drinking from a fire hose", the freshmen retention rate at MIT is similar to that at other national research universities.
A good teacher will keep you at a good pace in terms of difficulties of songs you will play.
Such gaps translate into hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, though some workers complain of difficulty keeping pace.
The slow pace of construction could suggest difficulties in obtaining parts, or simply that other key facilities for plutonium bomb-making are not yet in place, the institute report concludes.
Numerous factors influence your pace of reading, such as the difficulty of the text, your interest in the text and how tired you are.
Job demand takes into consideration the pace and intensity of work: work overload, degree of difficulty, available time, time allotted to executing tasks and the existence of contradictory or conflicting orders.
Nevertheless, with the current rapid pace of biotechnological advancement, the remaining difficulties may be surmounted in the near future.
The meeting, which begins tomorrow, stems from the increasing frustration of its sponsor, the Procter & Gamble Company, at what is widely perceived as the poky pace of efforts to eliminate the difficulties confronted by marketers using on-line media to pitch products.
"As the steep hill, adding to the weight of the burden the spirited horse must bear, only makes him hasten his pace, so the difficulties of life aroused in Hartsuff an irresistible desire to overcome them instantly and effectually, and thus he always appeared, not only active, but, within his proper sphere, aggressive.
